50 And 52, High Street

REDDITCH B HIGH STREET (east side) SP 0061 - 0161 Feckenham

9/114 Nos 50 and 52

GV II

Pair of houses. Early C17 with mid-C19 alterations and additions. Timber- framed with painted brick infill and replacement walling; plain tiled roof. Three framed bays aligned north/south; external chimney at north gable end with offsets and detached brick stack (now partly infilled); also external chimneys at rear. Single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: three panels from sill to wall-plate; short straight braces in some upper corners; collar and tie-beam trusses with struts. West front elevation: ground floor has two 2-light casements and a 3-light casement with a cambered head; three gabled dormers with 2-light casements; two C20 doors with plank weatherings. Interior: No 50 inspected. Intermediate collar and tie-beam truss with raking struts. Main ceiling beams have ogee-stop chamfers; ogee doorhead in front wall of central bay. Attic storey has some re-used Cl7 panelling and also some Cl7 turned balusters. A C19 two-storey two-bay addition adjoins the west side of the north bay. It has a ground and first floor 3-light casement in its gable end (ground floor window is C20 and first floor window has a cambered head). In angle with main part is a ground floor 3-light casement with cambered head, a 3-light and a 2-light first floor casement and a small lean-to with a ledged and battened door. At junction of lean-to and south wall is a tall brick chimney stack; also bridge ridge stack.

Listing NGR: SP0099461596