The Old House
THE OLD HOUSE, 32, BEAR HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1100224
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Old House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD HOUSE, 32, BEAR HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1100224
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Old House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD HOUSE, 32, BEAR HILL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD HOUSE, 32, BEAR HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Bromsgrove (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Alvechurch
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 02739 72593
Details
SP 02 72 ALVECHURCH CP BEAR HILL (north side)
15/8 No 32 (The Old House) (formerly listed as Ye Olde 23.4.52 House)
GV II*
House. Early C17 with some mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-frame with lath-and-plaster and painted brick infill, partly underbuilt in painted brick, on painted sandstone plinth with tile roof. H-plan, two-bay hall with baffle-entry against stack at east end, which has two diamond shafts, stair turret behind; the west cross-wing is of five bays with a stack in the bay to north of centre which has two shafts of 6-point star plan; east wing of two bays. South front: two storeys with attic lit by 2-light casement in gable on hall range; three windows: 4-light casements; ground floor: central part infilled with lean-to roof; central canted bay window flanked by two entrances, that to left has Cl7 studded door under segmental head, to right a C19 door with moulded wooden architrave; to left-hand cross-wing a 4-light casement, to right a canted oriel. Framing: close-studding with straight tension braces to each floor, first floor jettied (left-hand cross-wing underbuilt in brick). The central gable has herringbone bracing below collar, above is a king-post with fleur-de-lys in relief; left-hand gable has two collars and a short king-post in shape of a baluster; right-hand gable has two collars with V-struts in apex. Interior: the roof contains smoke-blackened timbers re-used from another building. (BoE, p 70 - 71; VCH 3, p 253).
Listing NGR: SP0273572595
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 156062
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, (1913), 253
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, (1968), 70-71
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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