Cresswells

SO 8463 OMBERSLEY CP MAIN ROAD (west side)

9/127 Cresswells

29.12.52 GV II

House. Early C15, with mid-C19 and late C20 alterations. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, sandstone rubble and brick base, plain tiled roof, external brick stack at right gable end with paired star-shaped shafts, small spiral stack at rear left of ridge and rear external chimney with two diagonal brick shafts. Cruck hall house plan of two-bay hall with solar and service bay each end; two storeys and attic. Framing: cruck-framed, full cruck exposed in right gable end and upper sections of blades survive in left gable end; wall-frame altered in C19 and has four square panels from sill to wall-plate, the left gable end having decorative diaper panels. Front elevation: regular arrangement, ground and first floors have two 16-pane sashes with moulded architraves and a central 3-light casement; entrance in original through- passage position, gabled timber-framed balustered porch and C20 plank and battened door. Left gable end has a C19 oriel window with leaded lights on a shaped bracket and an attic light above. Interior: intermediate full cruck frames intact; stop-chamfered main beams. A single storey C19 wing adjoins to rear left. An upper panel of the front right bay has a Norwich Union fire insurance mark.

Listing NGR: SO8447163714