7 AND 9

WORTHEN C.P. HAMPTONBEECH SJ 30 NW

2/133 Nos. 7 and 9

21.3.68 - II

House, now divided into 2 cottages. C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill on rubblestone plinth; graded slate roof. 3 or 4 framed bays, probably originally of baffle-entry plan. One storey and attic. Framing: square panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate with long and short straight tension braces; V-struts from collar to right gable end. Late C19 casement fenestration, 2 to left and one to right of C20 lean-to porch; prominent gabled half-dormer to left of centre has 2 late C19 casements; infilled doorway beneath. Entrance to No. 9 through boarded door in right gable end and to No. 7 through half-glazed door in C20 rendered addition (not of special architectural interest) to left. Brown brick ridge stack with top rebuilt in mid-C19 brick to right of centre; former integral end stack to left at junction with C20 addition. Interior: not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SJ3079605400