Guild Rooms The Porch

ASTON CANTLOW BEARLEY ROAD SP15NW (East side) 7/6 Guild Rooms and The Porch 01/02/67 (Formerly listed as Nos.15, 16 and 17 High Street)

GV II*

Village rooms and flat. Formerly 3 cottages; originally the Guild House. Mid C15; altered C19. Converted 1960 (datestone). Timber framed; close studding with lath and plaster infill, and brick plinth. Mid C20 tile roof; brick ridge stack. Original plan indeterminate. 2 storeys and attic; 4 bays. Front jettied on square posts and curved brackets. Ground floor has 3 plank doors and adjoining 3-light iron casements. Open whitewashed brick and lias porch on right has arched studded door in wooden arch. First floor has single curved tension brace. Small C20 wood casements. Leaded lights throughout. Left return side has 2 large curved tension braces on ground floor, and jowled posts. Blocked 2-light windows on each floor. Attic window. To rear: Ground floor partly underbuilt and plastered, partly of lias. First floor has close studding. Interior: Exposed framing. Jowled posts. Queen strut roof with massive timbers and curved windbraces. The building was the hall of a Guild dedicated in honour of St. Mary. In the C17 and C18 the upper chamber was used for manor courts. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.III, p.32; Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.76).

Listing NGR: SP1387859912