Description

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SO 89 SE
9/150

Kingswinford
WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD
Holbeche House

(Formerly listed as HOLBEACHE LANE Holbeache House)

14.6.51.

II*

Circa 1600, largely refaced in early C19. Stucco; two storeys plus attic. Of three bays, the sides advanced and crowned with Dutch gables. Five windows with rustic glazing and hood moulds; arched rusticated porch; two dormers; early C19 stacks and one restored stack with diagonal brick shafts; old tiles. Original fabric internally including good panelling to ground storey room at north-west eagle.

The house is directly associated with the Gunpowder Plot. The home of Stephen Littleton and the last refuge of the conspirators; the leader, Robert Catesby, was killed and others arrested here.

Listing NGR: SO8847090490

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Holbeche House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q3139260

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)