Description

SP0857
4/23

ALCESTER,
BUTTER STREET (West side),
Nos. 3 to 7 (odd)

01.02.67

GV

II

Pair of cottages. Early C17; refronted early/mid C19. Timber framed, faced in
whitewashed brick with brick dentil cornice. Concrete tile roof; brick ridge
stacks. 3-unit double-depth plan. One storey and attic; 3-window range. Paired
entrances with moulded wood door surrounds, and separate projecting cornice over
both. No.5 has 4-panelled door, No.3 a later C20 plank door. On left half-glazed
door to No.7 and adjoining C20 door to passage have segmental brick arches. No.3
has 2-storey canted bay abutting No.1, and breaking above main roof line. No.5
has mid/late C19 canted bay with 16-pane sash. 2 hipped dormers have wood and
iron casements with glazing bars. To rear No.5 has small late C17 single storey
timber framed wing, partly rebuilt in brick. C19 brick additions. Interior of
No.5: Exposed framing, and a jowled post. Broad chamfered ceiling beams. Exposed
wind braces. Some exposed wattle.

A small portion of the ground floor forms part of No.7, which is an adjoining structure listed as a separate item.

Listing NGR: SP0904657510

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588008

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)