38 and 39, Corve Street

This building, located at 38 and 39 Corve Street in Ludlow, is a late 18th-century house that originally functioned as glovers' cottages and stables. The structure is primarily stone and brick, largely rendered with a plain tile roof and brick end stacks. The building has two storeys with an added attic; the front features a two-window range with a 2-light casement on the left and a blind opening and 3-light casement on the right. The attic storey has a completely weatherboarded front, concealing a surviving, louvred ventilation system. A central doorway is fitted with a 20th-century part-glazed door and a flat hood, flanked by 2-light casements. A 3-light casement is on the left gable, and a 2-storey range with a slate roof and a 3-light casement is on the right. The rear of the building includes a gabled staircase projection and casements, along with a dormer. The interior, which has not been inspected, is reported to contain spine beams with run-out stops, a dogleg stair at the end of a central passage, and a reset tympanum. The attic workshop is believed to be a unique survival relating to Ludlow's historic gloving industry. Historical records indicate that the site was owned by the Ashton family, master glovers, who built a stone stable around 1785, which was subsequently converted into cottages for glovers, and later, the attic workshop was added. The building represents the last known example in Ludlow of a structure associated with this once-prominent local industry, and the survival of the exterior, and potentially the interior, ventilation system is considered highly significant.