Abbey Cottages

TEWKESBURY

SO83SE GLOUCESTER ROAD, Abbey Precincts 859-1/2/380 (East side) 04/03/52 Nos.1, 2 and 2A Abbey Cottages (Formerly Listed as: ABBEY PRECINCTS Nos.1, 2 and 3 Abbey Cottages including wall on east)

GV II

Row of 3 houses, incorporating remains of Abbey Precinct wall. C16, C18-C20. Brick, some painted, timber-frame, stone, tile roofs. Row set gable-end to Gloucester Road. No.1 has C20 timber-framed gable over early stone wall at ground floor, but is mainly late C18 and mid C19 in 2 storeys with attic, 3-windowed front; 2 small leaded hipped dormers over canted oriels with casements flanking central 4-pane sash with cambered arch. At ground floor 2 flat-roofed extensions (nsi), and central C19 part-glazed door in fluted pilaster surround. Gable end has 4-pane sash above canted oriel on rendered corbel. Back in brickwork with lofty 3-storey hipped canted unit and lower lean-to. Large brick stack in valley. No.2 is lower than No.1, has painted brick front with C20 casements in 2 storeys, 3 bays, with light timber-framing, and later brick back with central part-glazed door. No.2A mainly late C19 or early C20 timber-framed first floor over brick ground floor, canted 3-gable back. Entrance at east end, facing Abbey Barn (qv), and also door to south. INTERIORS: No.1 with late C19 fittings. No.2 much modified. These properties are mainly of historic interest for the remains of part of the Abbey Precinct wall, in coursed sandstone, which runs as a spine through from the road end, where it returns in part as the lower storey to No.1, to emerge at the E end for approx 2m and approx 5m high. There is evidence of the respond to the outer end on the wall of Abbey Barn.

Listing NGR: SO8886332171