Description

SP 0272
15/6

ALVECHURCH CP
BEAR HILL (north side)
Nos 16 and 18 (Vine Cottage)

GV
II
House, now two. Early C19, partly rebuilt late C19 with some late C20 alterations. Brick with hipped slate roof. Two storeys with dentilled brick cornice.

Projecting wings to left and right, that to left rebuilt late C19; to right of three storeys; 1 + 2 + 1 windows: glazing bar sashes under segmental lintels with key stones and impost blocks; ground floor: to left wing a semi-elliptical arch over garage entrance with keystone; then 2 + 1 windows as above; central entrance to main range has a stone doorcase with two engaged Doric columns, paterae in the entablature and moulded cornice, the door is C20; to right-hand corner of right-hand wing (No 16) entrance has stone doorcase with fluted pilasters and C20 panelled door. The lintels are characteristic of the 1820s in Birmingham.

Listing NGR: SP0277072611

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26392310

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)