| Description | Roebucks, Warley. Stone built rural house dated 1633.
'Dated '1633 ETG'. For Edmund and Grace Tattershall. Coursed squared stone, rendered; stone slate roof. Through passage plan. 2 storeys, 4 bays with rear wing.
Front: bays 1 and 2 gabled and breaking forward; 2 storey porch to bay 3. Double chamfered mullion windows; continuous ground floor cyma moulded drip mould. Bays 1 and 2: a tall 2 light flat faced mullion window to left of C19 porch which masks plain stone surround doorway. On right an 8 light window with king mullion. To 1st floor of each bay a 5 light window under hoodmould with spiral stops. Gutter spout in valley between bays. Bay 3: porch: chamfered plinth; doorway with fluted jambs, imposts, fluted ogee lintel; date stone above; on lst floor a cross window with spiral stopped hoodmould and gutter spout to left; inside porch stone benches and inner Tudor arched, chamfered quoined doorway with nail studded board door. To left of porch a 2 light window with blocked arched light above. Bay 4: blocked 6(?) light window masked by modern ramp with two 2 light windows above, one with flat faced mullions. Shaped kneelers and ashlar coping to all gables. Renewed ridge stack to left of porch; shouldered external stack to left end.
Rear: chamfered mullion windows. Bays 1 and 2: Tudor arched chamfered, quoined doorway with nail studded board door to through passage; 2 light window, now door, to left and a blocked 2 light window to left of blocked 3 light flat faced mullion window. Two 2 light windows above. Wing projecting from bay 3: blind arched fire light with sunk spandrels to ground floor, right; shaped kneelers, coping, corniced gable stack; in right return a gutter spout at floor level, a 2 light window to right on ground floor and similar opening with 16 pane sash above; in left return a 4 light window to each floor. Bay 4: a 6 light, now 3 light, window with small pane glazing; 3 light double chamfered mullion window with hoodmould, above. Left return: to right of stack a blocked 2 light window to each floor; to left of stack a 16 pane sash with brick stack above at eaves.
Interior: through passage has doors off it to left and right, that to left with stop chamfered, quoined surround. Room on left of through passage: inglenook with stop chamfered bressummer and heck post; inserted stone fireplace with chamfered, cambered arch, deep lintel and moulded mantelshelf; on left of fireplace a splayed recess with round arched light; stop chamfered spine beams; remains of plank and muntin heck screen. lst floor room to right of through passage: king post truss with number V struts and braces to ridge piece; trenched purlins; rafters; soffit of tie beam has continuous mortice'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 19/07/1988. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1116357. Web site accessed 24/01/2014). |