Walls, Towers And Gateway Enclosing Whitacre Hall

NETHER WHITACRE DOG LANE SP29SW (North side)

5/95 Walls, towers and gateway 11/11/52 enclosing Whitacre Hall (Formerly listed as Whitacre Hall including moat walls, tower and gatehouse)

GV II*

Walls, towers and gateway. Probably an early C16 remodelling of an earlier medieval site, with a gateway of circa 1600. Later alterations. The walls and towers are of coursed sandstone rubble and the gateway is built of red brick with a plain tile roof. The rectangular site is surrounded by a moat and the walls act as a revetment to the inner bank and rise approximately 3 feet above ground level. A square open backed tower projects from each corner except the north-east. Each has a chamfered plinth and a small rectangular loop to each side. They were all formerly capped by brick crenellations but only those to the south-east tower are well preserved. The gateway is in the centre of the south side. A round-headed entrance arch with ovolo-moulded surround is set within a square headed recess with ovolo and ogee-moulded surround. The recess has a timber lintel with ovolo-moulding and there is a shaped gable above which was formerly capped by a finial, the base for which remains. Nail studded gate containing an opening for a wicker gate. To the rear is a timber-framed gable: the tie beam has ogee- and ovolo-mouldings and a carved trail of oak leaves. In the panels above are quatrefoil shapes and oak leaf motifs. To each side of the gate-house is an ornamental loop. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire: p360; VCH: Warwickshire: Vol IV, 1965, pp251-5)

Listing NGR: SP2413793674