Description

TEWKESBURY

SO8932 CHURCH STREET 859-1/6/115 (North side) 04/03/52 Nos.57 AND 58

GV II

Pair of houses in row. Left gable bears painted inscription 'DC (Chandler?) 1400', but main fabric mid C16 to early C17; refenestrated C19. Panel framing with mid rails, unbraced to street front, tile roof. Parallel side-entry plan: a jettied construction, carried over Chandlers Court to right, and with 2 framed gables flush with front. 2 storeys and attic, 1+1-windowed. 2 and 3-light casements to gables, above 3-light, these set to corner posts left and right of property. Framed ground floor set back under jetty has 2 pairs of 4-pane sashes with leading flanking wide plank door. To right a further narrow plank door. In return to Chandlers Court in braced framing a wide plank door to No.58. Large square brick stack to ridge, off-centre left. INTERIOR: party walls and central partition in heavy braced framing. Room to right has 2 chamfered and stopped lateral beams, and one similar to right; timber winder stair at back, modified. At first floor some chamfered beams, including heavy lateral in room to right. In left party wall a small area of exposed wattle-and-daub panelling; heavy jowelled corner post at back. To bathroom an early 3-plank door on C18 strap hinges. In attic a heavy purlin over gables, probably added later than main fabric; rafters dowelled to purlin. In the right room at attic level a heavy beam oversails the staircase. Central stack, replacement fire bressumer, first-floor right. Although modified within, the building is in generally good condition, with more surviving framework than many similar properties.

Listing NGR: SO8901332523

External Links

• Wikidata Q26496953

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