More information : [SP 24159368] Whitacre Hall [T.I.] Moat [L.B.]
Gatehouse [L.B.] (1)
The present house is largely 18th c. with a rear wing of probable 17th c. The whole is rough cast, and there are no original external features. It is surrounded by a medieval moat, stone-lined on the inner face, and at each angle except the NE is a square shell-tower of red sandstone. Spanning the south arm is a small Elizabethan gatehouse. (2)
As described, the moat being water-filled. See GP F/53/164/3 for gatehouse and F 53/164/4 for shell-tower at SE corner of moat. (3)
No change. (4)
The waterfilled sub-rectangular homestead moat at Whitacre Hall is in good condition and measures, overall, 90.0m east-west by 75.0m transversely. The arms average 8.0 m in width. The moat is fed from a spring to the north east.
The gatehouse, the shell-towers, 5.0 m square and 3.0 m in height internally, and the inter-connecting revetment walls are non-defensive ornamental features in Elizabethan brick. The present house is in no way outstanding.
The ponds to the north of the moat, published as fish-ponds, are duckponds of a later period of construction.
1:2500 MSD revised. (5)
0/4/21 II Whitacre Hall including moat walls, tower, and gatehouse. The existing house is largely 18th century with a rear wing which is probably 17th century. The whole is roughcast, and there are no original external features. The important feature is the large rectangular moat of medieval origin, stone lined on each inner face, and each angle except the N.E. having a square shell-tower of sandstone. The walls are pierced by loops. Spanning the south arm is a small Elizabethan gatehouse of brick. The entrance is round headed and has the original nailstudded door hung with strap-hinges. The outer gable-head, of brick, is curved; the inner is timber framed and substantially enriched with ornaments and patterns. The side walls have loops above and below; and moulded wall-plates. (6)
Whitacre Hall is surrounded by a sandstone wall which rises directly as the inner wall of the moat. Miniature Jacobean brick gatehouse with a shaped gable. (7)
SP 2415493690. Site visited: access refused. (8)
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