Description

NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH COVENTRY ROAD
SP38SE
(North-west side)
Hawkesbury
8/52 Tolldish Hall and Tolldish
Hall Cottage
- II

House, now farmhouse and flat. C16 with C19 alterations. Colourwashed plaster
over timber framing with lath and plaster infill on sandstone plinth. Old
plain-tile roof; ridge stack of old thin bricks and brick right end stack have
tops of C20 brick. T-plan with cross-wing on left, 2-storey porch, and outshuts
to rear. 2 storeys; 6-window range. Main range has central porch. Moulded
painted wood doorway. Return sides have openings, to right with screen of turned
balusters. Interior has exposed framing and seats. Old ledged and battened door.
Above is old canted projecting window on shaped bracket, with gable over.
3-light lead-latticed casement and side lights have some old glass. Late C20
casements and other windows. To left are 4-light casements; smaller first-floor
window has narrower old sill and bracket. To right ground floor has 2-and
3-light casements. First floor has old 2-light casement. Adjoining 4-light
casement has old sill and bracket, and projecting gable above. Small 2-storey
projection on right has blank ground floor of colourwashed brick. First floor
has window similar to porch, but boarded over and colourwashed. Cross-wing has
top-hung window to ground floor flat, and 4-light casement. Right return side
has massive stack embedded in wall. Arched built-in dog kennel. To rear: large
outshut on left, extended C19. Cross-wing has outshut addition. Centre has old
lead-latticed first-floor casement. Interior has exposed framing. Room in
cross-wing has panelled wall. Room to left of porch, formerly hall, has ogee
stop-chamfered beam. Large full-height sandstone fireplace has moulded opening
and cornice. Room to right has open fireplace, partly altered, with ogee
stop-chamfered bressumer. Some old plank doors. C19 straight-flight staircase.

Listing NGR: SP3720284796

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481138

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)