Description

ALCESTER HIGH STREET
SP0857 (East side)
4/79 No.34 and Talbot Cottage
01/02/67 (Formerly listed as Nos.32 and 34)

GV II

House, now wine bar, flat and separate cottage. C17, with early/mid C19 alterations. Timber framed with plaster infill; ground floor built out and plastered. Tile roof; brick chimneys. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. C19 shop front has C20 glazed door in wood doorcase with pediment and pilasters with incised decoration. Flanking shop windows with glazing bars. Dentil cornice, fascia and lean-to roof continued across entire facade. First floor has 16-pane sashes cutting into roof below. 2 roof dormers have 3-light casements with glazing bars. Passage has some exposed framing. To rear exposed framing on first floor. Brick stack with three C17 star shafts and C19 square shaft. Interior: Open fireplace, now subdivided with stepped stop-chamfered bressumer. Exposed framing and ceiling beams. Early C19 rear wing, now Talbot Cottage. Rendered brick with brick dentil cornice. C20 windows.

Listing NGR: SP0896357328

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496510

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Recommended Books

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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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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)