| Description | Blackwall, Warley. Stone house with early 17th century origins.
'Farmhouse now 4 dwellings. Probably early C17, of 2 builds, sub divided and altered late C18 early C19. Rubble brought to course, rendered or painted; stone slate roof. Hall and cross wing plan with through passage. 2 storeys, 3 bays with gabled cross wing on left. Ground floor windows are double chamfered mullioned with arched lights and first floor windows single chamfered mullioned, unless stated otherwise. Cross wing: a 4 light window flanked by plain single lights; on first floor a 3 light now 2 light window with inserted plain window to left and dripstone above.
Main range: left bay has a chamfered shallow segmental arched doorway to right of 3 light window with 4 light window above; central bay has C19 doorway to right of 5 light transomed window with 4 light, now 2 light, window above; right bay has C19 doorway to left of 4 light window with square headed lights under remnant of string, with similar window under hoodmould above. Main range has end stacks and one to ridge between left hand bays; cross wing has lateral stack on left. Rear: through passage doorway is chamfered and Tudor arched in gabled porch with segmental arched doorway and inner stone benches. Other openings date from the conversion and include doorways to left and right, each of the 3 doorways being to right of a 3 light flat faced mullion window with a similar 4 light window above (each with 1 light blocked). Cross wing has roof hipped, with crocketed finial on apex of hip, and descending low over C19 extension.
Interior of No 3: one stop chamfered beam and a corniced fireplace dating from the conversion. No 1 in state of dereliction at time of resurvey'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 19/07/1988. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1366167. Web site accessed 07/01/2014).
Blackwall was the subject of an archaeological assessment by Colum Giles in 1980 as part of the WYAS/RCHME Rural houses survey. The photographic images produced by the assessment are held by WYAAS (Giles, C. (WYAS/RCHME). 1980). The fieldwork report is summarised below:
'This is a stone house, dating probably from two phases in the 17th century. The house is of two storeys and has a main range with a cross wing to the west. The house was not inspected internally and these notes are taken from external evidence only.
It is likely that the cross wing is the earlier of the two builds. It has a window with semi circular arched lights. The west wall of the wing has an outshut projection at the south end; this is a feature that has been noted in other Warley houses (Peel House, Westfield) and in no case has the feature been explained. It is likely that it was designed to give a garderobe.
The main range is difficult to interpret. It provides no recognisable entry position, and the main window (transomed and with arched lights) appears to be designed to light a lofty hall in an otherwise conventional two storey range. Until detailed records of the house have been made, the evolution of the structure must remain uncertain'.
(Giles, C. (WYAS/RCHME). 1980. 'Blackwall, Warley'),
The early 18th century stone barn associated with the farm has a separate English Heritage listing designation (EH UID 339128). |