91 And 92, Church Street

SO8932 859-1/6/145

TEWKESBURY, CHURCH STREET (North side), Nos. 91 AND 92

04/03/52

GV II*

Pair of houses at end of row. Early C17, the rear wing dated 1564 in owner's deeds; the front block probably early C17. Square-panelled timber-framing, close-studded with mid rails to front; brick stacks, tile roofs. PLAN: 2-bay 2-room width right-angle plan with left-hand rear jettied wing. Long narrow gable-to-street properties with double jetty to Church Street. Entrance to No.91 is from St Mary's Lane, left. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attic and basement, 1+1- windowed; each gable has small 2-light mullioned casement. At first and second floor are 3-light C18 or early C19 casements with horizontal glazing bars, all these set in close-studded framing with middle rails, and with 3 moulded brackets to upper jetty. At ground floor No.91 has C19 18-pane shop front with part-glazed door to left in pilasters and with consoles. No.92 has C19 nine-pane shop fronts flanking glazed central door, under fascia with cornice on carved brackets. The return, left, to St Mary's Lane, is in small square-panel framing with 2 rails at first floor, and one at second. Ground floor in rendered brick underbuild to jetty. Second floor has 2 single-light C18 or C19 casements towards the left, and a single-pane light far left to first floor. At ground floor are 2 tripartite windows with slight Gothick heads to 3:9:3-pane lights. To the left, beyond the main structure and in the fabric of No.2 St Mary's Lane (qv) a C20 door. At the rear gable to No.91 is a large square external stack. INTERIOR details of No.91 include square-framed side walls and lateral floor beams with wide chamfers and ogee stops, with a rear right-hand winder stair; a 3-bay attic with re-used timbers, 2 widely-spaced collar trusses linked by ridge pieces, with paired common rafters to the end bays, and a Y brace over the collar to the front gable truss; the rear gable incorporates parts of an earlier collar truss and tie beam with joist mortices set on the first floor to the right of the stack.

Listing NGR: SO8919232615