3, 4 and 5 Park Cottages

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SO 8463 9/201

OMBERSLEY CP MAIN ROAD Park Cottages Nos 3, 4 and 5

(Formerly listed as WORCESTER ROAD (west side) Nos 4 and 5 (consec) Park Cottages)

29.12.52

GV II

Terrace of three houses. Mid-C19. Timber-framed, painted,brick infill, plain tiled roof banded with fishscale tiles, external gable end brick chimneys with offsets and three star-shaped shafts and combined cap having oversailing lower courses; also two rear external chimneys with paired brick shafts. Single storey and attic with dormers. 2:1:2 bays, central bay is gabled with a finial -and also jettied and supported on corner posts.

Framing: decorative arrangement of large, braced rectangular panels to front outer bays; central front bay and gable ends of small rectangular panels; gable end collar-and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts, V-strut in apex; central front gable has a tie-beam truss with queen struts.

Front elevation: symmetrical fenestration; outer bays have a three-light and a two-light casement projecting slightly on shaped brackets with tiled weatherings and, above, two gabled dormers with finial and two-light casement; central bay has a ledged and battened door flanked by two-light casements and a three-light casement in the gable above. Gabled timber-framed and balustered porches with ledged and battened door at each gable end with attic light.

Interior not inspected.

Mid-C20 outshut at rear.

Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SO8451563414