The Tudor House

REDDITCH B DROITWICH ROAD (north side) SP 0061 - 0161 Feckenham 9/58 No 20 (The Tudor House) [formerly listed as 10.4.54 Nos 16, 18 and 20 as separate items)

GV II

House (once divided into three tenements). c1600, altered mid-C19; restored mid-C20. Timber-framed with rendered infill on sandstone rubble plinth; machine-tiled roofs. Hall and cross-wing plan; hall part of three framed trays aligned east/west; large chimney in central bay (backing onto through- passage) with brick ridge stack and also ridge stack at left end of ridge; cross-wing of two framed bays situated at east gable end of hall part. Two storeys. Framing: four panels from sill to wall-plate; short straight braces in upper corners; south gable end of cross-wing has a jettied first floor on brackets and an arch-braced tie-beam above; collar and tie-beam trusses with struts; cross-wing trusses have two collars. South front elevation: windows are all C20 leaded casements; hall part has a ground floor 2-light and 3- light window and a large C20 oriel; first floor has a 2-light window and two single-light windows; main entrance to left of centre has a C20 door reached by a flight of sandstone steps. Cross-wing has a ground floor C20 oriel window and a first floor 2-light window in its gable end. Slate weather- ings at first floor level of hall part and tie-beam level of cross-wing. Interior: stop-chamfered main ceiling beams. Very large sandstone fireplace (approximately ten feet wide) in former hall. C20 addition at rear. The house is said to have been divided into three needlemakers' tenements during C19.

Listing NGR: SP0073961344