Description

SO 8463 OMBERSLEY CP MAIN ROAD (west side)

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Cresswells

29.12.52
GV II

House. Early C15, with mid-C19 and late C20 alterations. Timber-framed
with painted brick and rendered infill, sandstone rubble and brick base,
plain tiled roof, external brick stack at right gable end with paired
star-shaped shafts, small spiral stack at rear left of ridge and rear
external chimney with two diagonal brick shafts. Cruck hall house plan
of two-bay hall with solar and service bay each end; two storeys and
attic. Framing: cruck-framed, full cruck exposed in right gable end
and upper sections of blades survive in left gable end; wall-frame
altered in C19 and has four square panels from sill to wall-plate, the
left gable end having decorative diaper panels. Front elevation: regular
arrangement, ground and first floors have two 16-pane sashes with moulded
architraves and a central 3-light casement; entrance in original through-
passage position, gabled timber-framed balustered porch and C20 plank and
battened door. Left gable end has a C19 oriel window with leaded lights
on a shaped bracket and an attic light above. Interior: intermediate full
cruck frames intact; stop-chamfered main beams. A single storey C19 wing
adjoins to rear left. An upper panel of the front right bay has a Norwich
Union fire insurance mark.

Listing NGR: SO8447163714

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26356314

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)