The Cedars

REDDITCH B CEDAR PARK ROAD (west side) SP 0367 NE 11/25 The Cedars

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Farmhouse, now nursing home. C18 or earlier, remodelled in 1840 for Samuel Allcock, a Redditch needle manufacturer; extended late C19, 1930 and altered c1970. Sandstone ashlar and painted brick; fishscale slate roofs with stone stacks and grouped brick shafts. Roughly H-plan; the central two-bay range and the north wing date from the 1840 remodelling; the south wing is a later addition. Two storeys and attic; gables have pierced scalloped bargeboards with moulded finials. East entrance elevation: four bays; the south gabled wing is more advanced than the north wing; first floor windows have drip- moulds, some with head stops said to come from Bordesley Abbey. Central part has a small gable above the left bay; ground floor 5-light stone- mullioned window; first floor has a 3-light and a 2-light window; attic light in gable; main entrance to right has gabled porch, 4-centred archway with square head, dripmould with head stops and the date "1840" carved in Roman numerals at the centre; above the mould is a shield within a quatrefoiled traceried panel; narrow lights in side elevations of porch-and half-glazed door within; south gable end to left has a small ground floor hipped bay window, a 4-light first floor window and a loophole in the gable apex; 2-light first floor window and glazed double doors in angle with main part. North gable end to right has a large ground floor hipped bay window, a 3-light first floor window and an attic light. Interior: There is a small room at the rear of the main part lined with C17 panelling said to come from Bordesley Abbey. Single-storey additions of c1930 and c1970 adjoin the south side of the south wing.

Listing NGR: SP0357867874