Description

CHURCH STRETTON

SO4593 HIGH STREET
1312-1/13/83 (East side)
04/07/52 Tudor Cottage

GV II*

House. Late C16 with C17 alterations, remodelled late C18.
Painted timber frame with painted brick infill panels on stone
rubble plinth with stone rubble side and rear walls.
Plain-tile roofs with integral brick gable-end stack to left
and integral brick eaves stack to right on cross wing.
L-shaped on plan, with 2-bay hall and cross wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Street front has gable of cross wing to
the right with first-floor and attic jetties, carved and
enriched corner brackets integral with corner posts, straight
tension braces and close studding at ground level, jettied
carved bressumer, herringbone pattern framing at first floor,
cambered jettied tie beam, decorative gable collars and struts
forming star patterns. Hall and return frame of cross wing to
left close studded throughout with single straight tension
brace, the upper tier of panelling to the hall created by a
raised eaves, C20 lattice casement windows.
North gable-end truss: cambered tie beam over square framing 3
panels high; 4 vertical struts, collar and twin raking struts
above tie beam, eaves raised over principals.
South side wall of stone rubble with single casement at first
floor.
Rear: framed gable truss to left consists of tie beam, 3
vertical struts, collar and twin raking struts over. Square
panelled first-floor framing to right with 2 casements.
Remainder of original frame underbuilt in replacement stone
rubble with date 1779 set in stone wall.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO4520493469

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551286

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide