59 And 60, Load Street

SO 7875 SE BEWDLEY CP LOAD STREET (north side) 13/123 Nos 59 and 60

2.10.75

GV II

Probably two houses, now two shops, house and flats. Probably early C17, refronted mid-C18 with mid-C19 and some mid-C20 alterations. Timber-frame clad in brick with tile roof. No 60 has the shops on the street front, with a passage at the right-hand corner called "No Road", leading to no 59 Load Street which is attached to the rear of no 60. Four storeys, dentilled brick cornice, three windows: 16-pane sash to left, and two glazing bar sashes with stone sills and plastered wedge lintels; second floor: as first floor; third floor; two single-light casements to left, then a boarded door and lastly to right a blind window; ground floor: two shop fronts, to left C20 is pilastered with shallow bow window, half-glazed door to right; shop front to right larger, C19, has pilasters with scroll brackets to blind box, central half-glazed door flanked by multi-pane shop windows; to right-hand corner entrance to "No Road". Rear wall of no 60 has band to first flor, dog tooth band to second floor which also has a square label to a blocked window. A rear wing joins no 60 to no 59, which spans "No Road", and includes some C17 timber-framing. Framing of no 60 visible in passageway, including evidence for first floor jetty.

Listing NGR: SO7858375348