19 And 20, Load Street

SO 7875 SE BEWDLEY CP LOAD STREET (south side)

13/146 Nos 19 and 20

22.4.50

GV II

House, now two shops and two flats. Early C17 refronted early C18 with some mid-C19 and late C20 alterations. Timber-frame clad in brick with slate roof, central stack. Three storeys, dentilled brick cornice, five windows: boxed glazing bar sashes, painted rubbed brick heads with key- stones; second floor: similar with 9-pane sashes, that to centre and to right blind; ground floor: flat canopy across whole front, passage to left hand corner has a plain wooden architrave and an early C18 boarded door, shop front to left (no 19) is pilastered with multi-pane window, entrance to left has wooden architrave, 2-pane overlight, half-glazed door; shop front to right (no 20) is symmetrical with two plate glass windows flanking a central recessed entrance with half-glazed door. To rear there is exposed timber-framing with carved decoration and quadrant decorative braces to square panels. Interior (of no 20): open well stair- case with turned balusters from first floor.

Listing NGR: SO7859975307