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Cornwall House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.309 / 52°18'32"N

Longitude: -2.5961 / 2°35'45"W

OS Eastings: 359457

OS Northings: 268041

OS Grid: SO594680

Mapcode National: GBR BQ.WRKZ

Mapcode Global: VH84K.Y7F8

Plus Code: 9C4V8C53+HH

Entry Name: Cornwall House

Listing Date: 6 October 1952

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1179894

English Heritage Legacy ID: 150785

ID on this website: 101179894

Location: Tenbury Wells, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, WR15

County: Worcestershire

District: Malvern Hills

Civil Parish: Tenbury

Built-Up Area: Tenbury Wells

Traditional County: Worcestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire

Church of England Parish: Tenbury Wells

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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Description


TENBURY CP CROSS STREET (west side)
SO 5868 - 5968
8/94 Cornwall House
6.10.52

GV II*

House. Late C17, altered late C19. Finely jointed handmade brick, plain
tiled roof and shaped gable-end parapets with kneelers. Two storeys and
attic; three-course band at first floor level; two-course band at attic
floor level and moulded timber eaves cornice. Seven bays. Most of the
windows are original and have gauged flat heads and long narrow single-
light leaded casements. The windows of the outer bays of the first floor
are blind. The windows of the outer two bays of the ground floor have been
replaced by tripartite sash windows with cambered heads and central 8-pane
sashes. The central entrance has its original moulded hooded timber canopy
on shaped brackets, a four-panelled door with a moulded architrave and a tran-
som light. Attic lights at gable ends. Interior: the house is one room deep
with a central hall containing the original staircase which has moulded hand-
rails, turned balusters and some original square newel posts. A small locked
recess in the top step is said to have been used to conceal money. The parlour
to the south has an C18 overmantel (not in situ) and adjacent cupboard of semi-
circular plan. The house is said to have been built by Thomas Cornwall as a
dower-house for his wife Ann. (VCH, IV, p 363; BoE, p 279).


Listing NGR: SO5945768041

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