Description

FENNY COMPTON CHURCH STREET
SP4052 (North side)
6/43 Hope Cottage and Greenbanks

GV II

Semi-detached houses. Hope Cottage on left is late C17; Greenbanks probably mid C18. Hope Cottage is of ironstone ashlar, with splayed plinth and string course. C20 tile roof has gable parapet with kneelers on left, and boxed eaves. 2-unit baffle entry plan. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. Entrance on right has C20 plank door in moulded stone architrave, with adjoining curved niche seat. 3-light moulded stone-mullioned windows. Left return side has partially-blocked 3-light stone-mullioned attic window with hood mould. To rear: single storey C20 additions. 2 two-light stone-mullioned windows on first floor. Interior: large open fireplace with stop-chamfered bressumer. Stop-chamfered ceiling beams. Former rear doorway and windows exposed inside addition. Doorway possibly re-used C16; hollow-chamfered shallow 4-centred arch and chamfered jambs, with moulded spandrels and fillet at apex. 2 two-light chamfered stone-mullioned Windows. Greenbanks is of yellow limestone ashlar with splayed plinth.
Artificial slate roof, hipped to right; brick stack. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys; one-window range. Mullioned windows similar to those of Hope Cottage. Entrance in right return side has plank door with wood lintel. 3-light casement set in remains of stone-mullioned window. 2-light casement. First floor has 3-light and small single-light stone-chamfered mullioned windows. To rear: gable with blocked 2-light mullion window and brick stack. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.V, p.47).

Listing NGR: SP4169652178

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26275183

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings