Botts Green Hall

Botts Green Hall is a house dated 1593, situated in Nether Whitacre. The building is timber-framed with a sandstone plinth, plaster infill panels, and some brick repair work painted to resemble timber framing. It has a plain-tile roof and brick ridge stacks. The house comprises a 4-bay main range aligned north-south facing west, and a 2-bay northern cross-wing. It is two storeys high with a gable-lit attic.

The gabled cross-wing on the left has a close-studded ground storey with solid triangular braces or brackets in the upper corners. The first floor has herringbone pattern bracing and a fleur-de-lys motif carved on the centre stud, with the gable displaying quadrant bracing. Both upper floors are jettied, with an ogee-moulded lower bressumer and an ovolo-moulding above. It features C16 eight-light windows projecting forward on bracketed sills, with leaded panes and ogee-moulded mullions and transoms; a 4-pane casement is in the attic, likely dating from the 19th century. The main range has a similar timber-framing pattern and large casements, probably from the early 20th century. A single-storey lean-to extension is located in the re-entrant angle with the wing.

A two-storey gabled porch is central to the front, with a sandstone ground storey. A Tudor-arched entrance has an ogee and ovolo-moulded surround, panelled spandrels, and a fluted frieze. It is flanked by pilaster strips with fleur-de-lys directly above the entrance. The roof truss contains tenoned purlins, and the gable is decorated with quatrefoil pattern framing and a panel inscribed "A.D. MDXCIII." A C16 first floor window is similar to those of the wing, but with ovolo-moulded mullions and transoms. Inside, a C16 battened door has moulded vertical ribs and strap hinges. The left return of the cross-wing retains two wood mullioned windows.

Internally, the main entrance leads to a stone vaulted cross passage between two fireplaces. The kitchen fireplace to the south is plain, while the large fireplace in the main room has a Tudor arch, a frieze with shallow pilasters carved with fleur-de-lys above fluting, a moulded shelf breaking forward over each pilaster, and a carved treble rose above the shelf. This room also features a moulded and stopped ceiling beam. The north wing was originally divided into two rooms, a large one to the front and a smaller one to the rear. The front room has ovolo and ogee-moulded ceiling beams. On the first floor are a stone fireplace with arched head and ceiling beams with wide chamfers. The roof over the north wing contains straight wind braces.