List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: BILTON HALL
List Entry Number: 1035049
Location
BILTON HALL, CHURCH WALK
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Warwickshire
District: Rugby
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 11-Oct-1949
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 308451
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
CHURCH WALK
1.
5397
(South Side)
Bilton
Bilton Hall
SP 4873 NE 7/2 11.10.49.
I
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
Selected Sources
Books and journalsDoubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Warwick, (1951), 30-32
Smithers, P, The Life of Joseph Addison256-9
Smithers, P, The Life of Joseph Addison318-21
Map
National Grid Reference: SP 48722 73756
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