Description

SO 8463 OMBERSLEY CP CHURCH LANE (south side)

9/89 Rattonby House and Blundells 14.3.69 GV II

House. C16 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions. Timber- framed, rendered infill, plain tiled roofs and large brick chimney to main ridge with four star-shaped stacks and rebuilt combined cap; also ridge stack to east end main ridge. U-shaped plan; main range on east/ west axis of three framed bays with lobby entry formed by chimney in west end bay; cross-wing of three framed bays at west gable end and also single bay addition at rear of east end bay; partly two storeys, partly single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: irregular, mainly three/ four panels from sill to wall-plate; short, straight braces in upper corners; collar-and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts, left gable end has three collars, large gabled dormer to left front bay having two collars and west end cross-wing front gable end with a single collar and a V-strut in the apex. Front elevation: scattered fenestration; main range has a ground floor 2-light casement and a paired 2- and 3-light casement; the large, gabled dormer at the left end has a 3-light casement and above the central bay is a small, gabled dormer with 2-light casement; in the right end bay is a ledged and battened door. In the cross-wing gable end is a ground floor 3-light casement and a first floor 2-light casement. The left gable end fronting onto the Worcester Road has a ground floor 3-light casement and attic light; the single bay adjoining to the left appears to have had the roof raised during the mid-C19 when an additional row of panels was added, and has an early C19 multi-paned canted oriel window with moulded architraves, a first floor 3-light casement and a part-glazed door with a flat canopy on shaped brackets. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO8451363492

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