Westfield

SO 86 SW HOLT CP off B 4196 (east side)

2/99 Westfield

II

Pair of cottages, now one house. Early C18, enlarged mid-C18. Part timber-framed with painted brick infill on brick plinth, some brick replacement walling, part brick tiled roof, brick end stacks. Two storeys; in 2 parts. Timber-framed part to left: 2 framed bays, irregularly sized panels, mainly 3 from sill to wall-plate. Front elevation has 2 ground floor casements, 3 first floor casements and planked door to left bay, within gabled, timber-framed porch on brick plinth. Brick part to right: 2 ground floor casements with cambered heads, 2 first floor casements, part- glazed double doors to right also with cambered head. Interior Older part has single, trenched purlins and intermediate queen strut truss. Outshut to rear of older part and C20 extension to rear of later part. The cottages originally belonged to the Earl of Dudley and formed the private coal wharf of the Witley Court estate. The carter lived in one half and the coal wharf caretaker in the other. The actual blue brick wharf beside the river has now been grassed over and is not included.

Listing NGR: SO8130063709