Old Chapel Cottages

ULLENHALL

SP16NW CHAPEL LANE 652-1/5/221 (South side) 02/08/72 Old Chapel Cottages (Formerly Listed as: GENTLEMAN'S LANE, Ullenhall Nos.3 AND 4 Church Cottages)

GV II

Houses and stable, now single house. Early/mid C18 with possibly earlier origins, in 3 stages of build, and with later additions and alterations. Timber-framed, some small frames exposed to south end and to rear, with reddish-brown brick in irregular bond and gabled plain-tile roofs. EXTERIOR: single-storey with attics; 3 first-floor windows. Outshut to rear. Ground floor, from left: plank door, casement window, plank door, 2 casement windows, plank door under gabled hood, casement window under elliptical arch, plank door under elliptical arch, casement under elliptical arch, fire window, casement under elliptical arch; all casements are C20, in wood frames and have glazing bars. Modillion cornice to northern (right) section. 3 gabled dormers have casements. Off-centre left and right ridge stacks, that to right was formerly a massive end stack, encased by later build. INTERIOR: chamfered beams remain to most ceilings. 2 inglenook fireplaces with bressumer beams, both have winder staircases adjoining. Plank doors with original wrought-iron latches. Huge tension brace to rear at left. Close-studded partition walls to attic. Wall plate remains throughout. Tie beams and purlins are exposed in places. HISTORY: first mentioned in accounts in 1753 as the parson's stable. Forms a group with Old Church of St Mary (qv). (Bushell N: Ancient Ullenhall: 1989-: 22).

Listing NGR: SP1303367577