40, 42 AND 42A, HENLEY STREET

ALCESTER HENLEY STREET SP0857 (East side) 4/55 Nos.40, 42 and 42A 01/02/67 GV II

House. Late C16/early C17. Timber framed; ground floor has irregular framing, and jettied first floor with small framing; colourwashed lath and plaster and brick infill. Tile roof with central brick ridge and internal stacks. Moulded bressumers, and 2 moulded scroll brackets with carved grotesque faces. U-plan. 2 storeys, 2-window range. Entrance in left corner has 4-panelled door in moulded wood architrave. C19 casements. Ground floor has casement and two C19 rectangular bays, originally shop fronts; left, adjoining entrance, of 6 panes and 3 thin shafts with moulded capitals and bases; right of 12 panes, with one corner shaft and adjacent late C20 glazed door. Gable end to Meeting Lane jettied with exposed framing and moulded and carved bracket to dragon beam. Lower later C17 timber framed wing to Meeting Lane has old tile roof and C18/early C19 cross window with glazing bars. To rear some exposed framing and C19 brick wing. Interior: Much exposed framing. Broad chamfered ceiling and dragon beams with stepped stops. Jowled post visible on first floor. 2 first floor rooms have single scroll brackets supporting a ceiling beam. Winder stairs, and straight flight staircase inserted against right return wall. 2 ground floor rooms have late C20 fireplaces made up of C17 and C18 carvings. Part of timber framed wing to Meeting Lane and attached C19 brick range now converted to separate house, No.42A. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire III, p.12).

Listing NGR: SP0910157562