Church House

SJ 40 NE CONDOVER C.P. CHURCH STREET (south side)

5/58 Church House -

GV II

House. C15, re-modelled early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed, partly of cruck construction, with plaster infill and painted brick cladding, plain tile roofs. Now cruciform in plan consisting of a 2-bay former hall to north with a cross-wing projecting to either side on south, to south of this a lower late C16 or early C17 range, probably also timber framed. 2 storeys, dentilled eaves cornice to hall (east side); framing: exposed externally to west gable of cross-wing, square panels and straight tension braces, V-struts from collar; 2 late C19 casements below eaves to hall range (east side) with segmental-headed casement (divided in 2 by brick pillar) to centre on ground floor; cross-wing to east has one late C19 casement on each floor, that on ground floor with segmental head; entrance in angle between hall and cross-wing with C20 half-glazed door; ridge stack immediately above, re-built in mid-C20 red brick with late C19 red brick end stacks to gable of hall and east gable of cross-wing. Interior: one true cruck truss in centre of hall range, partly visible on ground floor, has Alcock apex type L2; inglenook fireplace below ridge stack and chamfered spine beams throughout with stepped and run-out stops; dressed sandstone walled cellar below lower range to south may be C15 or C16 and retains deep revealed openings at ground level. Alcock (1981), p.143.

Listing NGR: SJ4941505806