| Description | The Hollins (43, 45 and 47, Hollins Lane), Warley. Also Lower Hollins. House with origins as a timber framed aisled house of c.1500 stone cased in the 19th century.
'House, now 3 dwellings. Late medieval, of several builds; encased in C17 (possibly 1688); subdivided, altered, added to and possibly re encased mid C19. Timber frame encased in C19 coursed squared stone; stone slate roof. 2 storey hall, formerly with rear aisle, having wing projecting forward on right and cross wing projecting to rear on left. south east front: 3 cells, let one (no 43) with one 1st floor window; 2nd one (no 45) with 3 1st floor windows and a 4th in a pent 2 storey porch projecting on right which leads onto dais; 3rd cell (no 47) projecting further forward and with 4 1st floor windows. Doors and windows are C19 with plain stone surrounds, the doorways of nos 43 and 47 with cornices and no 43's leading into the original cross passage. Plain gutter brackets. Roof hipped at left end and at left end of no 47. Various C19 stacks.
Interior: at left end of no 45, backing on to cross passage, is tall fire place with stop chamfered moulded surround and moulded cornice with pendants inscribed 'R' '16' 'T'. In no 43 the cross wing is separated from the passage by a partition 88 wall of several courses of stone supporting plank and muntin panelling with close studded walling above; mortises in the wall plate suggest the hall was floored over before the 1688 fireplace was inserted. The wing was formerly subdivided by a timber cross wall. On the 1st floor of no 43 close studded timber framing can be seen at various points in the front and back walls. On the right side of the wing, at the back, is a stone wall with a double chamfered mullion window which looks into the central area of the hall, implying that this was not originally so deep. In this position in the hall, there also seems to have been a gable at one time, indicating various phases of development. In the roof there are 2 king post trusses over the hall (one with ‘A’ struts) and 2 over the wing. Mortises in the rafters adjacent to the main stack show the existence of a former cap for a firehood'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 27/10/1981. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1184346. Web site accessed 10/01/2013).
The Hollins was the subject of an archaeological assessment by Colum Giles and David Michelmore in 1981 as part of the WYAS/RCHME Rural Houses Survey. The photographic image and sketches produced by the assessment are held by WYAAS (Giles, C. and Michelmore, D. (WYAS/RCHME). 1981). The fieldwork report is transcribed below:
'This is a stone house of the 19th century, incorporating substantial remains of a timber framed house of late medieval date. The house faces south east (east for the purposes of this report), is of two storeys in its modern form, and has an 'L' [shaped] plan.
The exterior of the house has only modern detail; the masonry, in thin courses of rubble masonry, and the large windows, with square jambs and lintels, are of 19th century style. Only a straight joint in the masonry above the doorway to the southern of the three existing cottages shows that there is possibly an older house concealed within.
On the ground floor of the house there is nothing of the medieval house visible at present. Only on the first floor and in the roof are timbers visible. The roof has a long range of four bays running north south and a two bay range projecting to the east from the north end. The junction of the range is contrived in an awkward manner and it is clear that the shorter range has been added to the longer. |