Description

LUDLOW

SO5174 CHURCHYARD
825-1/1/223 The Reader's House
15/04/54

GV I

Church house. c1616, with earlier origins. Rubble;
timber-frame and plaster; C20 plain tiles; 2 rubble gable
stacks with brick superstructures.
3-storeys: central timber-frame and plaster projecting
porch-bay has 10-light moulded wood mullion and transom
window, and 6-light mullion and transom to left, with further
8-light window to right side under moulded bressummer, and
2-light window with leaded lights and casement to left;
moulded sill on enriched consoles. 4-light moulded wood
mullion and transom window with leaded lights, over, under
bressummer with inscription; enriched consoles; enriched barge
boards; moulded wood mullion window to far left. Studded plank
stable door with strap hinges, and ornate doorcase with
Jacobean carving, and enriched lintel; openings with balusters
and iron bars to side; all under moulded bressummer; C20
leaded light, in moulded case, and further 2-light canted
mullion window with leaded lights, to left. Left gable has
decorative bracing and enriched barge boards. Right gable
jettied to 1st and 2nd floors with much restored framing, and
C20 barge boards.
INTERIOR: early C17 winder stair from ground to 1st floor;
spiral stair with chamfered newel to 2nd floor; stone
fireplaces with oak lintels; moulded ceiling-frames with
ogee-stop chamfers; decorative plasterwork ceilings;
panelling; plank door in moulded stone case, under porch.
(Lloyd D: Notes for VAG Shropshire conference: 1981-:
PP.18-19).

Listing NGR: SO5119574733

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529663

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas