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The timber frames of Church House revealed.  Not one building but two!

Standing in the new kitchen looking towards the hall is a now hidden rear frame of a grand town house which could have had a front gable on the street.  The new hatch is defined by a rear window.  The rear wall of the kitchen is the front frame of a rear, perhaps utility, building.  This area could have been a yard or firebreak between the two buildings.  The rear building has features similar to No. 3 Butter Street, dendro-dated from late 1444, and may have been a single storey hall house with a central hearth.  There is evidence of soot in the roof.  The upper section of both frames are revealed upstairs.

                         Front gable on street - removed Rear Gable remains complete behind back wall of Mission Hall - can be seen from the new kitchen behind Floor of current 1910 Mission Hall Upper section of front gable of rear building can be seen from upstairs rooms 15th Century features can be seen here Central truss of rear building can be seen from hay loft room New toilets in old stables completed June 2010 Hay loft room New kitchen area - utilizing original window for hatch through to hall Office area No 13 Butter Street with much of original front gable Front door of Church House Door to side passageway - access to St Nicholas Rectory Original pitch of roof - 1910 roof all parallel to street Upper rooms

                                                 (3D impression - copyright  www.alcestertechwriter.co.uk)

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Click here for an edited video of Church House as it was in 2008, before the refurbishment started, by a group of pupils from Alcester High School Technology College (now Alcester Academy).

 

Donations to: St Nicholas PCC Treasurer, 28 Rope Walk, Alcester, B49 5DD

Or to The Rector, Revd David Capron, St Nicholas Rectory, Alcester, B49 5DB

 

Cheques and Standing Orders made out to Church House Development Committee

Barclays Bank, Sort Code 20-71-45,  Account number 73447820

 

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