Description

CHURCH STRETTON

SO49NE ALL STRETTON
1312-1/2/33 (North side)
24/03/76 Cloverley, Farm Lane

II

House, formerly 2 houses. Late C18. Brick, stone rubble,
painted render. Plain-tile roofs, central brick ridge stack to
left-hand house, integral gable-end stack to right-hand house.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, left-hand house lower. Front of left-hand
house with two 2-light casements with brick segmental arched
openings at ground floor and central door. Two 2-light
first-floor casements. Right-hand house has 2 first-floor
2-light casements. Ground floor with C20 glazed door to left
and a 2-light casement to right, both under brick segmental
arched openings.
Rear: rubble stone to higher house, brick to the lower with
single casement at first-floor level. Painted rendered gable
end.
INTERIOR: reputedly has unhewn timber roof trusses.
At one time, home of Hesba Stretton (pseudonym of Sarah Smith
1832-1911) who wrote `Jessica's First Prayer' and `Children of
Colverley'.

Listing NGR: SO4603095330

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663173

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)