Number 62 (The Manor House) And Attached Railings

SO 7875 SE BEWDLEY CP HIGH STREET (south side)

13/54 No 62 (The Manor House) 22.4.50 and attached railings

GV II*

House, now about 13 flats. Early C18 with mid-C18 and late C18 additions, and some late C20 alterations. Brick with stone dressings and with tile roof. Original house to right, extended to left in mid-C18, and then further in late C18. Early C18 part: two storeys on cellars with attic lit by five gabled dormers, wooden modillioned cornice, rusticated pilasters to corners, stone string to ground and first floor; five windows: glazing bar sashes in moulded wooden architraves under rubbed brick heads; above central window a semi-circular headed tablet bearing a crest; ground floor: entrance in position of window to right of centre has moulded wooden architrave, segmental pediment, 3-pane overlight and a door of six raised and fielded panels; hanging sign to left of door on a late C19 wrought iron bracket, board bearing painted words "Manor/ House". Mid-C18 part: two storeys on cellars with attic lit by four gabled dormers, dentilled brick cornice; four windows: boxed glazing bar sashes under rubbed brick heads; ground floor: two boxed glazing bar sashes to left, two 15-pane boxed sashes to right; attached to wall to left-hand side is a wooden doorhead inscribed "16 EC 07" (Edward Cheke). Late C18 part: three storeys, moulded wooden cornice; band to first floor, two windows: triangular plan oriels under rubbed brick heads; second floor: four windows: glazing bar sashes under timber lintels; ground floor: two glazing bar sashes to right under rubbed brick heads, to left a carriage entrance with segmental head. Railings along the whole frontage are of cast iron, with gates at cellar entries which have decorative lock plates bearing a fluted fan. Interior: to early C18 part an open well staircase with ramped and moulded handrail, bulbous turned balusters and a closed and moulded string.

Listing NGR: SO7865975181