1, High Street

COLESHILL HIGH STREET SP1889-1989 (East side) 9/19 No.1 11/11/52 GV II House. Early C18 with mid to late C19 addition linking it to and so incorporating a late C17 building. Red brick; plain tile roofs; brick stacks. 3 storeys, reduced proportions to second floor: moulded storey strings and eaves cornice, and rusticated quoins of equal length carried up into a parapet with moulded coping. 5 bays: glazing bar sashes with exposed sash boxes and flat rusticated lintels with raised keys containing a leaf motif. 3 stone steps approach a 6-panel door with rusticated doorcase, including a similar lintel to those of the windows, and superimposed pilasters and scrolled pediment. Single-storey, 2-bay extension to the left with large 4-pane sashes and pyramidal slate roof. This extension links the main house to a late C17 building: red brick; hipped plain tile roof, brick ridge stack. 2 storeys with first floor band and moulded brick eaves cornice. One bay: glazing bar casements, the ground floor one has a segmental head, and to the right of it is a plain door, also with segmental head. Irregular left hand return: 2 bays; the left hand bay breaks forward under a cat-slide roofline and this portion appears to be a later addition. Gabled attic dormer to the right. Interior not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SP1989189425