Description

CHURCH WALK 1. 5397 (South Side) Bilton Bilton Hall SP 4873 NE 7/2 11.10.49.

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2. Mainly 1623 incorporating some C16 fabric. Red brick with sandstone dressings. Built for Edward Boughton of Lawford (monument in Newbold Church). 2 storeys and attics. 3 bay north block, gabled on left, has central gabled porch with 4 centred arch under later panel with interlocking triangles. Casement windows with mullions and transoms. Much altered section on right. West block at right angles has heraldic panel in gable end. In angle between blocks a tower-like projection gabled on 2 sides with finials and kneelers. East garden front altered. Said to contain C18 staircase and panelling. Joseph Addison, poet and essayist, lived here 1711-19; his widow, the Countess of Warwick, died here 1731. VCH, VI, pp 30-32. See also Peter Smithers, The Life Of Joseph Addison, pp 256-9 and 318-21.

Listing NGR: SP4872273756

External Links

• Bilton Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4913645

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