Description

ALDERMINSTER

SP24NW ALDERMINSTER
1912-1/6/26 Quince Cottage
02/08/72
(Formerly Listed as:
MAIN STREET
Quince Cottage)

II

House. c1600 with C19 alterations. Timber-frame with brick
infill, some plastered, on brick and stone plinth and brick to
end; steeply pitched thatched roof with brick stack to rear of
ridge and octagonal end stack with reconstructed shaft. 3-unit
plan.
EXTERIOR: single storey plus attic; 3-window range. Ground
floor has tall window to left end and small canted leaded
oriel; dormer over C19 tile-roofed brick lean-to outshut has
2-light small-paned casement; tall 2-light, and higher 3-light
windows have above a round-headed dormer with 2-light
small-paned casement with round-headed pane above, smaller
dormer and small 1st floor light; C19 tile-roofed brick
lean-to outshut to right end.
Right return is brick, with entrance with C20 open gabled
porch and door, and C20 small-paned glazed door to right, with
2 windows above with 2-light leaded casements. Brick
tile-roofed lean-to to left return.
Rear has C20 gabled porch and door to left of centre; left end
is brick with segmental-headed window with 2-light leaded
casement and blocked segmental-headed entrance; varied windows
to right: 2-light leaded casement with small-paned light
above, 4-light windows above and below timber rail; 2-light
small-paned glazing with iron opening casement to former
entrance with raking dormer above; raking buttress with small
window above; right end has leaded light to left of glazed
door with raking dormer above with small-paned glazing.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP2310448565

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662575

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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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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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)