Description

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SO 8463
9/197

OMBERSLEY CP
MAIN ROAD
Grafton House

(Formerly listed as WORCESTER ROAD (west side) Grafton House)

GV
II

House. C17 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, sandstone rubble plinth, plain tiled roof and large external brick stack at rear. Three framed bays; single storey and attic with dormers.

Framing: irregular, mainly four panels from sill to wall-plate, long straight brace in left lower corner at front, collar-and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts and a V-strut in apex at gable ends.

Front elevation: ground floor has a 16-pane sash in the left bay, paired glazing bar sashes in the central bay and a nine-pane sash in the right bay; three gabled dormers with two-light casements. Main entrance in right gable end with C20 door. Attic lights in right gable end.

Interior not inspected.

C20 additions at rear.

Listing NGR: SO8450663536

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26356234

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)