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Latitude: 52.3446 / 52°20'40"N
Longitude: -2.0603 / 2°3'37"W
OS Eastings: 395985
OS Northings: 271841
OS Grid: SO959718
Mapcode National: GBR 2FR.V8X
Mapcode Global: VH9ZL.7BMG
Plus Code: 9C4V8WVQ+VV
Entry Name: 57 and 59, Bewell Head
Listing Date: 12 March 2004
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390644
English Heritage Legacy ID: 490989
ID on this website: 101390644
Location: Sidemoor, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61
County: Worcestershire
District: Bromsgrove
Electoral Ward/Division: Sidemoor
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bromsgrove
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Bromsgrove
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
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666/0/10056 BEWELL HEAD
12-MAR-04 57 AND 59
GV II
Pair of cottages and nail workers' workshop. Late C18/ early C19. Red brick with a plain tiled roof. Each two-up, two-down. The entrance front has 2 plank doors at either side of centre with 3-light casement windows at either side with central iron casements. All these ground floor openings have cambered heads. At first floor level are two 2-light casements and there is a cogged band at eaves level. Projecting brick stacks to each gable end with offset. To the rear of this at first floor level of each cottage is a 2-light casement window, that at right having its casement-hook. To the rear are 2 single-light casements at ground floor level.
Inside the ground floor front room of No.57 has wainscot panelling. Both houses have clay tiles to the floor in this room, chamfered ceiling beams and C20 fire surrounds. Winder staircases lead up from rear kitchen/larders.
Attached to the south west gable end of No.59 is a single-storey brick workshop with pitched roof. Internally it has pamment tiles to the floor and cement to the centre where the forge stood.
The nail making industry thrived in Bromsgrove for several hundred years. It was a cottage industry and often involved entire families. The courts of nailers' cottages in Bromsgrove town centre have been demolished. This pair of late C18/early C19 are a rare survival, complete with their workshop.
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