Holt Hall And Attached Walls

KINGSBURY HOLT SP29NW 8/60 Holt Hall and attached walls 22/7/53 (Formerly listed as Holt Farmhouse)

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Farmhouse and attached walls. Late C16/early C17 with C18 and C19 rebuilding and additions, and late C20 alterations, Flemish bond brick; colourwashed rendered darn front, possibly over some timber-framing, with Flemish bond brick additions and rear. Plain-tile roof: Cl9 brick ridge and internal stacks, and rendered valley stack. Irregular U-plan with wings to rear. 2 storeys 6-window range. Garden front has irregular plinth and 3 qabies of varying sizes. Left gable has lower, narrower 2-storey gabled bay with French window and single ligiits to canted sides. 3-light casement with glazing bars above. Irregular fenestration, mainly of C20 casements. Large late C20 ground floor window. Two 3-light C20 casements with horizontal glazing bars above. Wide central gable. French window on right; 5-light casement above. Left range of brick is set back; fixed-light windows. C19 brick range on right has 2-light window with brick segmental arch, and C20 three-light casement above, Return sides and rear are irregular, Right return side has C18 two-panelled door in wing. Interior has fine early C17 open well staircase with pierced scrolled strapwork balustrade, strings carved with foliage and grotesques, and newel posts with panelled tops and carved animal finial. Ceiling above has a panel with carved wood frame, painted with the arts of Grosvenor of Sutton Coldfield. Central room of Rain range to garden has exposed close-studded partitions, chamfered beam and fireplace with chamfered cambered bressumer. Kitchen has chamfered beam and large former open fireplace. Walls attached to left of garden front are probably C17/C18. Sandstone rubble with pitched coping. Wall to left is approximately 10 metres long. Another wall attached at right angles to it is approximately 15 metres long. Each wall has a gateway with brick jambs and segmental arch and plank door (VCH: Warwickshire: Vol lV, p101).

Listing NGR: SP2271998694