Description

ALCESTER HIGH STREET
SP0857 (West side)
4/90 No.29
01/02/67

GV II

House, now bank and dwelling. C16 and C17 (VCH), refronted and heightened mid/late C19. Timber framed with lath and plaster and brick infill; front plastered. Slate roof with tile roofs to rear; brick stacks. L-plan. 3 storeys; 3-window range. Ground floor has late C20 doors, windows and brickwork. Upper floors have 6-pane sashes an first floor with rusticated rendered flat arches with keyblocks. Left return side, under carriage arch, has exposed close studding. To rear gabled timber-framed wing with close studding and heavy diagonal brace; underbuilt in whitewashed brick. C17 timber framed wing with
brick infill; end part rebuilt in C19/C20 brick. C19 and C20 casements. Interior: Exposed framing. Some chamfered and moulded ceiling beams. Full interior inspection not possible. Said to have open fireplace.
(V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.III, p.10).

Listing NGR: SP0896157391

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587893

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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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings