Holt Hall And Attached Walls

Holt Hall is a farmhouse dating to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with substantial rebuilding and additions in the 18th and 19th centuries, and later alterations in the late 20th century. The structure is built of Flemish bond brick, with colourwashed rendered on the front, likely over some timber-framing, and Flemish bond brick additions to the rear. It has a plain-tile roof, with a 19th-century brick ridge and internal stacks, and a rendered valley stack. The building adopts an irregular U-plan with wings to the rear. The front facade consists of two storeys and a 6-window range. The garden front features an irregular plinth and three gables of varying sizes. The left gable has a lower, narrower 2-storey gabled bay with a French window and single lights to canted sides, and a 3-light casement with glazing bars above. The fenestration is largely of the 20th century, comprising casements, though a large late 20th-century ground floor window is present. A wide central gable features a French window on the right and a 5-light casement above. A left range of brick is set back, with fixed-light windows, while a 19th-century brick range on the right has a 2-light window with a brick segmental arch and a 20th-century three-light casement above. The return sides and rear are irregular. A 19th-century two-panelled door is found in the right return wing. The interior includes a fine early 17th-century open well staircase with a pierced scrolled strapwork balustrade, strings carved with foliage and grotesques, and newel posts with panelled tops and carved animal finials. A ceiling panel above this staircase is framed with carved wood, painted with the arms of Grosvenor of Sutton Coldfield. A central room in the right range to the garden displays exposed close-studded partitions, a chamfered beam, and a fireplace with a chamfered cambered bressumer. The kitchen features a chamfered beam and a large former open fireplace. Attached to the left of the garden front are walls, likely dating back to the 17th or 18th centuries, constructed of sandstone rubble with pitched coping. One wall is approximately 10 metres long, and another attached at right angles to it is approximately 15 metres long. Each wall contains a gateway with brick jambs, a segmental arch, and a plank door.