The Old House

SP29SW 5/103 11/11/52

NETHER WHITACRE HOGGRILL'S END The Old House

II

House. Dated 1593, remodelled and north wing added in 1908. Timber-framed with the framing pattern outlined by applied boards; roughcast infill panels; plain tile roof; brick ridge stack to south wing. Formerly T-shaped in plan with main block aligned east-west facing south and a rear kitchen wing. In 1908 the kitchen wing was converted into an entrance range and the north wing was added to form an H-shaped plan. West front: 2-storey entrance range and flanking gabled cross-wings of 2 storeys and attic. The upper storeys of the wings are jettied: close studding to ground storey, herringbone pattern bracing to the first floor and 's' bracing and geometrical patterns above. Tie beam and double collar roof trusses with curved V-struts above the upper collar, fretted bargeboards and apex pendants. 1:1:1 windows, casements with mullions and transoms and leaded lights. Central lean-to porch with C20 door. Interior: the VCH records the western room of the south wing as having a moulded ceiling beam and a stone fireplace with moulded jambs and 4-centred head, carved panelled frieze and moulded shelf. The eastern room is said to have an open timber staircase and the upper rooms chamfered beams, and the roof trusses cambered collars. VCH: Warwickshire: Vol IV, 1965, p251)

Listing NGR: SP2226391796