Description

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SO 8463
9/210

OMBERSLEY CP
MAIN ROAD
Leigh House and The Storks

(Formerly listed as WORCESTER ROAD (east side) Kelso and The Storks)

GV
II

Pair of houses. Early to mid-C19. Brick with plain tiled roofs and kneeler brackets, gable verges and integral brick stacks at ends and at centre of main ridge with drip mould. Two storeys and attic with gabled dormers; symmetrical front of six bays with slight breaks to second and fifth (main entrance) bays. Tudor Gothic detailing.

Front elevation: windows and doors all have hoodmoulds with returns; ground and first floor windows are all glazing bar sashes; large gabled dormers above each bay have a two-course band set above and corbelled out from the main eaves level; each gable contains a round-lobed quatrefoil light; entrance doors are part-glazed.

Interior not inspected.

Above the first floor windows of the entrance bays is a Norwich Union fire insurance mark.
The houses are of similar design and contemporary with Redmarley House (qv).

Listing NGR: SO8452463566

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26356241

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)