Description

REDDITCH HIGH STREET (east side)
SP 0061 - 0161 Feckenham

9/110 No 42 (The Old Needle Mill)

GV II

Needle mill, now house. Early C19; converted and restored mid-C20. Stuccoed
brick on sandstone base; slate roof, hipped at south end with two rendered
ridge stacks. Two storeys with moulded eaves cornice. Six bays articulated
by a round-headed blind arcade with impost band; ground floor has five original
multi-paned metal windows with cambered heads; six first floor original lunettes
with radiating glazing bars inserted beneath round arches and above impost band;
above four central bays is a pedimented gable containing a small circular louvred
opening; main entrance in fourth bay from left has a moulded cambered canopy on
fluted consoles and a 5-panelled round-headed C20 door. There are two similar
lunettes in the south side wall. Interior: retains original ceiling beams.
One of the smaller aid interestingly designed buildings in the region connected
with the needle-making industry.

Listing NGR: SP0096061532

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26632002

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey