3 AND 4

ALDERMINSTER

SP24NW Nos.3 AND 4 1912-1/6/15

II

Pair of estate cottages. 1860s. By J Ross, for James Roberts West. Brick; tile roof with fishscale bands and brick cross-axial stack with front and rear diagonal shafts. T-plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2-window range. Plain cornice carried round gables; wide eaves and verges; pair of gabled projections to centre. Segmental-headed entrance to each end has plank door with enriched strap hinges under brick labelmould. Segmental-headed windows have weathered sills, those to ground floor with 3-light latticed casements under brick labelmoulds, those to 1st floor have 2-light latticed casements. Returns of projections have single lights under labelmoulds. Returns similar. Single-storey rear wash house. INTERIOR: not inspected. A good and little-altered example of estate housing, one of a row of 7 pairs, most altered. The design won a prize from the Royal Agricultural Society in 1861; a copy of the plan, with slight differences, exists in the estate papers. (Estate papers in the Warwickshire County Record Office: 1861-).

Listing NGR: SP2264748964