Description

ALCESTER HENLEY STREET
SP0857 (West side)
4/62 Nos.29 and 31
01/02/67 (Greyhound House)
(Formerly listed as Henley
House)

GV II

House, formerly inn. c.1600. Timber framed; small framing with lath and plaster
infill. Tile roof; brick ridge stack of 3 diagonally set square shafts. L-plan,
with passage in left corner. 2 storeys; 3 unequal bays. 2 entrances have C19 or
C20 doors with 5 vertical panels and overlights in moulded woood surrounds.
Ground floor has two C19 wood 3-light mullioned and transomed windows. Jettied
first floor with moulded bressumer, supported on moulded posts with scroll
brackets. Early C19 iron casements with glazing bars. To rear exposed framing
with brick infill. Timber framed wing with jowled posts and external brick
stack. Long timber framed wing with side faced in C18/C19 brick and plastered
end wall. Interior: Much exposed framing and ceiling beams. 2 open fireplaces.
Mid/late C17 straight flight staircase wtih turned balusters.
(V.C.H.: Warwickshire III, p.ii),

Listing NGR: SP0907157548

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26638146

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)