The Merchant'S House

SO 95 68 STOKE PRIOR CP AVONCROFT MUSEUM OF BUILDINGS Stoke Heath

17/94 The Merchant's House

GV II

House. Late C15, re-erected and restored 1967. Timber-frame with rendered infill and tile roof. T-plan, cross-wing at upper end, two-bay hall including through-passage, service bay not re-erected. Cross-wing: two storeys; one window: four lights to each floor, unglazed; hall range: two tier, 4-light window to left, small window to right lighting chamber, entrance to through- passage to right has a restored depressed ogee head. Framing: cross-wing jettied with widely spaced studding, curved tension braces to ground floor, and braces to tie above; truss has two curved raking struts and a vertical strut below the cambered collar, with V-struts in apex. Hall range wall is two rectangular panels high. Interior: the hall is half-floored over, with a smoke hood against the through-passage. Removed from the corner of Station Street and Worcester Road, Bromsgrove in 1962.

Listing NGR: SO9507268388