The Venture Inn

SO 8463 OMBERSLEY CP WORCESTER ROAD (east side)

9/213 The Venture Inn (formerly listed as House and General Stores [J Rowe]) 29.12.52 GV II

House, now restaurant. C16, with early C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed, some replacement timbers, rendered and painted brick infill, some dressed sandstone walling, plain tiled roof, rear and right side brick stacks. Single framed bay with three framed bay cross-wing at right gable end; two storeys. Framing: main part originally had three square panels from sill to wall-plate and short straight braces in upper corners; additional two rows of small panels added when roof raised in C19; cross-wing of 2 + 2 panels from sill to wall-plate with long straight braces across the first floor lower corners and is slightly jettied at the front gable end; it has a double-collar-and-tie-beam truss with queen struts and a V-strut in the apex. Front elevation: main part has a 3-light window on each floor; the cross-wing gable end has two early C19 multi-paned bay windows beneath the jetty, paired 2-light casements on the first floor and flanked by timber posts supporting the jetty between the bay windows is the former C19 entrance with a 4-panelled door. The present main entrance is situated in the right side elevation and has a C20 gabled timber porch. Interior: stop-chamfered main beams. C20 additions at rear. Norwich Union fire insurance mark on front gable.

Listing NGR: SO8453463512