Description

BALSALL TEMPLE BALSALL 1. 5108 Templars Hall SP 27 NW 11/156 11.11.52. II* GV

2. C13 or C14 timber framed 3 bay aisled hall, C15 west cross wing. All encased in C19 red brick. Tiled roof with C16 stone chimneystack, rebuilt red brick shaft, 1 storey and attics, 2 storeys on west. Leaded casements and gabled dormers. Interior: west wing lower chamber timbered ceiling with carved heraldic bosses; upper chamber has 2 roof trusses, one with carved braces, king and queen posts, one with pointed arches formed by curved wind braces supporting purlins. Ground floor fluted oak pilasters flank C17 moulded stone chimneypiece, 1st floor C16 moulded stone fireplace. Originally either a bailiff's house or the Preceptory or Commandery of the Knights. VCH, IV, pp 86-7.

Church of Saint Mary, Templars Hall, North East Range, South West Range, Entrance Gateway and side Walls at the Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital, Vicarage and Temple House form a group.

Listing NGR: SP2066675966

External Links

• Wikidata Q17551767

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair