More information : [SP 2140 9633] Kingsbury Hall [LB] (1)
The existing hall at Kingsbury, now a farmhouse is probably 15th or 16th C., but incorporates remains of an earlier building. To its SE is a 14th C. polygonal curtain wall suggestive of a bailey. It has an octagonal tower at the south east angle. (2-4)
The gap in the E. wall represents a doorway with four-centred arch. See GP F/53/159/6. For the angle tower and garderobe see GPF/53/159/7.
The condition of both the house and wall is poor. The hall has a commanding position as regards the W. and S.W. sides where the ground falling steeply away provides a natural defence. (5)
Condition unchanged. For GPs of the house see AO/67/2/7 and 8. (6)
Kingsbury Hall, a stone built fortified manor house of two storeys with gabled attics, stands upon the end of a ridge overlooking the Tame Valley to the west. Original features include four-light stone mullioned-and-transomed window, outside stone chimney stacks and, at the west end, curved stone gable ends, giving a date-range of 15th-17th century. The building is falling into decay and is used as a farm store. A probable bailey on the south east is enclosed with a stone curtain wall, 1.5m thick, built of coursed, squared masonry. From an octagonal shell-tower, with a garderobe in the west side, the curtain wall extends 25.0m to the south west and 30.0m to the north, beyond which it has been destroyed by the erection of farm buildings. Midway along this side is a gateway with a four-centred arch. The walling is generally in poor condition.
1:2500 MSD revised. (7)
Kingsbury Hall, scheduled. (8)
Kingsbury Hall. Grade II. 15th C or early 16th C. The old fortified manor house. Walls with Tower and gateway S.E. of hall. Grade II. S.E. of the house are two ranges of 14C curtain wall with approximately 150 feet long and 20 feet high. (9)
Additional bibliography (10)
Detailed desciption of house, curtain walls and gateway (11)
Scheduling revised (12) |