Phoenix House

Phoenix House is a Grade II listed building located on Church Street in Atherstone. It is part of a row of shops and serves as the entrance to a yard. Number 16, known as Phoenix House, dates from the late 18th century, although it may have earlier origins. Numbers 18 and 20 are from the early 19th century, with additional ranges from the 18th and 19th centuries at the rear. The buildings are constructed of Flemish bond brick and feature old plain-tile roofs, with brick ridge and end stacks on Nos. 18 and 20.

Phoenix House is a double-depth plan with two storeys and an attic, presenting a two-window range. It has a late 19th-century entrance and shop front that includes chamfered wood pilasters and an entablature, with a 20th-century half-glazed door on the left. The shop has recessed half-glazed double-leaf doors, while the first floor features 4-pane sash windows. The thin pedimented gable has a blocked window, and rusticated rendered flat arches are adorned with moulded keyblocks.

Nos. 18 and 20 are arranged in a U-plan with wings at the rear and rise to three storeys, offering a four-window range. The central entrance to Phoenix Yard includes a beam. Number 18 has a late 19th or early 20th-century plate glass shop window, complete with a cornice and brackets. Currently, Nos. 16 and 18 function as a single shop. Number 20 showcases two early to mid-19th-century shop fronts of slightly different designs, each featuring a half-glazed four-panelled door and a canted bay, with the left door having reeded wood pilasters. The upper floors of all three buildings have 4-pane sash windows, and the rusticated rendered flat arches again feature moulded keyblocks.

Inside the passageway of No. 20, there is a 19th-century four-panelled door with an overlight, set within a reeded wood surround that includes corner roundels. The rear range is three-storey with one bay, featuring a 16-pane sash window at the back, a cross window on the first floor, and a 4-pane sash above. Additionally, there is a two-storey, two-bay range that includes a plank door and two- and three-light casements. Number 18 has an irregular two-storey, two-bay range.