Church Cottage
Church Cottage, The Drive, Hindlip, WR3 8SW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1081192
- Date first listed:
- 21-Mar-1985
- Statutory Address:
- Church Cottage, The Drive, Hindlip, WR3 8SW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1081192
- Date first listed:
- 21-Mar-1985
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church Cottage, The Drive, Hindlip, WR3 8SW
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Church Cottage, The Drive, Hindlip, WR3 8SW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wychavon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hindlip
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 87989 58588
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11 March 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SO 85 NE
7/8
HINDLIP CP
THE DRIVE
Church Cottage
(Formerly listed as West Mercia Constabulary Museum, HINDLIP )
GV
II
House, now museum. c1490, with. late C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions. Timber-framed, painted brick infill, brick replacement walling and refacing, sandstone rubble and brick plinth, plain tiled roofs, brick chimney stack to main ridge, large external stacks to left side and rear elevation. Hall and cross-wing plan, hall part on north/south axis with cross-wing at south gable end; both of two framed bays; cross-wing has a small, single bay wing projecting southwards. Two storeys with cellar to rear cross-wing.
Framing: irregular, mainly four square panels from sill to wall-plate, large swept braces in lower corners of cross-wing gable ends, collar and tie-beam trusses with queen-struts exposed in gable ends.
Main elevation to west: scattered fenestration; all windows have plank weatherings; ground floor of main range has a three-light casement, a 16-pane sash and a rectangular light, above are two gabled dormers with casements, and, on the left side a pair of casements; the cross-wing gable end has paired casements on both floors. Main entrance in south elevation on left side having a late C19 timber-framed, gabled porch and a ledged and battened door. Small wing to right has a planked door on its east side and a first floor casement in the west side; between the wing and the porch is a first floor casement.
Interior: roof not accessible.
Main beams are stop-chamfered. Late C19 and mid-C20 extensions to rear.
Listing NGR: SO8798958588
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 147903
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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