Upper Bean Hall

Upper Bean Hall is a farmhouse located on Church Road in Bradley Green, Redditch. It dates from the late 16th century and has undergone alterations in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. The building is timber-framed with rendered and painted brick infill set on a sandstone base, topped with a machine-tiled roof. It has an H-plan layout, featuring a central range of two framed bays that runs north to south, and large external chimneys with offsets on the rear east elevation. The cross-wings each consist of two framed bays, with the south cross-wing also having an external chimney with offsets on its side elevation.

The farmhouse stands two stories high with an attic. The framing details include six panels from the sill to the wall-plate in the central part and south service wing, while the north wing has one row of close-set studding from the sill to the girding-beam and three rows from the girding-beam to the wall-plate. There are short straight braces in the upper corners at the rear, collar and tie-beam trusses, and the south wing trusses feature two collars, five struts to the lower collar, and two to the upper collar with a V-strut in the apex. The north trusses have a single collar with close-set struts beneath and a V-strut above.

The west front elevation has tiled weatherings at the first floor and attic levels of the gable ends. The central range features a three-light casement window on both floors and a half-glazed door to the left. The north gable end includes a large five-light 20th-century window on the ground floor, a five-light first-floor casement, and an attic light. The south gable end has a ground floor 16-pane sash window with a moulded architrave, a three-light first-floor casement, and a blocked attic light. Inside, there is a dog-leg staircase with turned balusters located at the rear of the central range. The main entrance is now on the north side elevation.