43 AND 44

OVERBURY CP - SO 9437 - 9537 9/101 Nos 43 and 44 GV II

Farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings. Early C19, altered c1880 and c1905 probably by Ernest Newton for Richard Biddulph Martin. Coursed lime- stone rubble, partly ashlar faced with ashlar dressings; plain tiled roof with gable-end parapets, north end ashlar ridge stack and also ashlar stack to south-east of main roof with two square shafts, frieze and moulded capping. Two storeys and attic with chamfered plinth. Three bays; windows are all 16- pane sashes, except for the windows on both floors of bay 1 and the ground floor window in bay 2, which are blind. Main entrance to No 44 between bays 2 and 3 has a 6-panelled door. Two panels are raised and fielded and two are glazed. The north gable end faces the main road and has a rectangular first floor light with a moulded architrave and a similar attic light. There is a substantial rear right wing which has a ground floor 4-light and a first floor 3-light chamfered mullioned window with hoodmoulds facing the main road. The south gable end of the main range has a 4-light ground floor and a 3-light first floor ovolo mullioned window with hoodmoulds and a 2-light attic window with a chamfered mullion. There is an ashlar-faced brick late C19 rear left wing and a rubble rear central wing, both of which are of a single storey and attic. The present main entrance to No 43 is situated in the rear central wing.

Listing NGR: SO9570837318