Description

ALDERMINSTER

SP24NW Nos.11 AND 12
1912-1/6/17

II

Pair of estate cottages. 1860s. By J Ross, for James Roberts
West. Brick; tile roof with fishscale bands and brick
cross-axial stack with front and rear diagonal shafts. T-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2-window range. Plain cornice carried
round gables; wide eaves and verges; pair of gabled
projections to centre. Segmental-headed entrance to each end
has plank door with enriched strap hinges under brick
labelmould. Segmental-headed windows have weathered sills,
those to ground floor with 3-light latticed casements under
brick labelmoulds, those to 1st floor have 2-light latticed
casements. Returns of projections have single lights under
labelmoulds. Returns similar.
Single-storey rear wash house.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
A good and little-altered example of estate housing, one of a
row of 7 pairs, most altered. The design won a prize from the
Royal Agricultural Society in 1861; a copy of the plan, with
slight differences, exists in the estate papers.
(Estate papers in the Warwickshire Record Office: 1861-).

Listing NGR: SP2282048852

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662566

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