Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO89NE CASTLECROFT GARDENS
895-1/4/66 (North side)
No.3
The Buttery

II

House. Late C16; dismantled and re-erected on present site,
1938-9. Timber frame on brick plinth; tile roof with brick
cross-axial stack. Right-angle plan, gable facing. 2 storeys
with attic. Close-studded framing with jettied gable on
ovolo-moulded bressummer; 2 concave lozenges below 1st floor
window are painted. Windows have leaded casements with iron
opening lights; 1st floor has canted oriel; small window to
attic; large plaster panel, probably originally entrance, to
left of window. Returns have square-panelled framing; left
return has plaster ground floor and entrance; windows have
leaded glazing. Rear similar; C20 single-storey kitchen
addition. INTERIOR has some stop-chamfered beams, and C20
fireplaces of C17 brick. Originally stood in the centre of
Shifnal and removed for road widening. A particularly good
example of the work of Major Hutchinson-Smith, who built
Castlecroft Gardens using much salvaged material from
demolished timber-framed buildings.

Listing NGR: SO8801997731

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569881

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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