Description

CLEOBURY MORTIMER

SO6775 CHURCH STREET
582-1/13/36 (South side)
12/11/54 No.4

GV II

Flats over shop. Dated 1702 with C19 and C20 alterations.
Brick, with rendered plinth and ashlar quoins and string
course. Interlocking-tiled hipped roof, with ashlar-coped
parapet to front. Part-projecting brick eaves stacks to rear
with C20 shafts above cogged dentil string course. Plan of
front range with gabled central rear wing.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar. 3-storey,5-window range with
brick segmental arches now with inserted C19 transomed
casements to first floor, the central arches with raised
keystones. Ground floor to left has 2 transomed casements with
stone corniced heads both under rendered fascia capped with
string course. To centre left is doorcase with pilasters,
plain entablature and top-light over 6-panelled oak door with
raised and fielded panels. Central segmental-arched covered
way opening with ovolo-moulded frame and plain boarded door.
C20 double-fronted shop front to right. Central tablet above
string course has inscription stating that it was set here by
John Foxall in 1702.
Rear: scattered C20 fenestration in advanced double gabled
central bay. Flanking bays with part-projecting brick stacks,
second floor with C20 casements, and single-storey gabled
projecting wings.
INTERIOR: vaulted stone cellar. Ground-floor cupboard niche
with fluted pilastered surround and glazed door with pierced
dew-drop fanlight. Niche to house former dog-wheel.
First-floor chamfered bridging beam with ogee chamfer stops.

Listing NGR: SO6738675739

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663346

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings