Holbeche House
Holbeche House, Wolverhampton Road, Kingswinford, DY6 7DA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1228293
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Holbeche House
- Statutory Address:
- Holbeche House, Wolverhampton Road, Kingswinford, DY6 7DA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1228293
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Holbeche House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Holbeche House, Wolverhampton Road, Kingswinford, DY6 7DA
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Holbeche House, Wolverhampton Road, Kingswinford, DY6 7DA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dudley (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 88470 90490
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 29 August 2023 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 217968
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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