Description

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SO 8463
9/202

OMBERSLEY CP
MAIN ROAD
Park Cottages
Nos 1 and 2

(Formerly listed as WORCESTER ROAD (west side) Nos 1 and 2 Park Cottages, previously listed as Park Villas)

29.12.52

GV
II

Pair of cottages. C17; rebuilt 1841 on present site. Timber-framed, painted brick infill, plain tiled roof with bands of fishscale tiles, moulded finials at gable ends, two external brick chimneys at rear, one with four and one with two diagonal stacks with oversailing cap courses and one cogged cap course. Three framed bays with gable end entrances and single-bay wings to rear end bays; single storey and attic with dormers.

Framing: irregular, mainly four panels from sill to wall-plate, the top row having decorative alternate cross and diaper patterns, gable end collar-and-tie-beam trusses with V-struts in apex; right end bay is jettied to the front elevation on shaped brackets.

Front elevation: ground floor has three oriel windows on carved brackets, each with two splayed mullions and transom and tiled weathering and moulded architraves; the left and central bay has a gabled dormer with two-light casement and the right gabled jettied end has a three-light casement with the restoration date "1841" in the apex. Each gable end has a gabled timber-framed and balustraded porch, and a ledged and battened door with a moulded architrave and an attic light.

Interior not inspected.

The cottages originally stood in Pewterer's Alley, Wribbenhall, Bewdley and were moved to their present site in 1841.

Listing NGR: SO8451463387

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26356237

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)