The Chestnuts is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. A Medieval House. 1 related planning application.
The Chestnuts
- WRENN ID
- standing-courtyard-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1952
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WATER ORTON OLD CHURCH ROAD SP19SE (South side) Water Orton 4/111 The Chestnuts 11/11/52 - II House. C15 with later alterations and additions. Timber-framed with brick infill panels and some brick rebuilding. Plain tile roof; brick ridge stack with toothed band and pilaster strips. 2-bay hall-house with flanking cross-wings. Mainly one storey and attic with 2-storey wing to the right. Irregular 5-window front: C19 glazing bar casements. The right hand cross-wing has the best preserved framing: large rectangular panels and curved braces; collar-and-tie-beam roof truss with clasped purlins. Smaller gables to left hand cross-wing and to left hand side of hall range. Central lean-to porch with C19 ribbed door and a carved stone head to each side. Interior not inspected but recorded as having a cruck truss. (N.W. Alock: Cruck Construction: (1981): C.B.A. Research Report No.42, p157)
Listing NGR: SP1764691394
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