Blyth Hall

SHUSTOKE COLESHILL ROAD SP2090 (North side) Blyth Hall 11/180 Blyth Hall 11/11/52 (Formerly listed under Blyth Hall with stables and pigeoncote) GV I Country house. 1530 origin; c.1629; late C17 and early C18. Red brick, Flemish bond. Plain-tiled roof, hipped to cross-wings with moulded wood eaves cornice. Internal and side stacks have pilastered shafts. Main range with slightly projecting wings forming H-plan with additions and earlier ranges at the rear. 2 storeys and attic. 5 pedimented dormers, the centre one being segmental. 11-bay principal facade of late C17/early C18. C19, 15-pane recessed hung sashes under flat rubbed brick arches, colourwashed. Band between storeys. Segmental pediment to central doorway in bolection moulded surround with pulvinated frieze. 6-panelled door with 2 small glazed panels. Original rainwater heads and downpipes, one dated 1735. Interior: Open-well staircase, C18 with alternating balusters of column and iron twist on vases. Another staircase is late C17 and has turned balusters with square newels and toads-back rail. A ground floor room has an early C17 bolection moulded and embattled fireplace surround. At first floor 2 rooms are lined with bolection moulded panelling in 2 heights. The home of Sir William Dugdale, the antiquary, from 1629 to his death in 1686. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p398; VCH: Warwickshire, Vol IV)

Listing NGR: SP2094590159