AN application for repair work to a timber-framed cottage at Severn Stoke, near Worcester, has been submitted to Malvern Hills District Council.

The work proposed at Firlands Cottage, Kinnersley, a listed building, includes demolishing and rebuilding an existing gable wall which is unstable and in urgent need of replacement.

The application also includes building a glazed link between the main house and the nearby garage. The applicants are Mr and Mrs Ward of the same address.