Description

SP 02 72 ALVECHURCH CP RED LION STREET (east side)

15/21 Nos 2, 4, 6 and 8
(formerly listed as
6.12.73 Nos 2, 6 and 8)

GV II

House, now three houses and shop. C15, floored C16 with C17 extension and
alterations and some mid-C19 and late C20 alterations. Timber-frame with
brick infill and tile roof. Two framed bays aligned north/south, that to
north a former open hall with through-passage at north end, service bay no
longer exists; main stack inserted with back to through-passage. Street
front: two storeys, 3 + 1 windows: 2- and 3-light casements, that to right
in C19 gabled brick addition, which has a shop front on ground floor, rest
of ground floor: two 3-light casements, entrances to Nos 6 and 8 between
have wooden architraves and C20 doors. Framing: close-studding survives on
first floor. Northern truss visible internally has an arch-braced tie-beam
and two struts to collar, yoke just below ridge and trenched purlins; inter-
mediate hall truss has an arch-braced collar with wattle-and-daub infill.
There are extensive traces of smoke-blackening on the roof. The ceiling of
the room over the hall has a late C17 decorative design (slightly damaged).
No 2 is at the rear, in a C17 extension. (Report by S J Price (1984) in
files of Local History Department, Birmingham and City Museums and Art Gallery).

Listing NGR: SP0285172699

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26460750

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)