1 After the dissolution the site of Polesworth Abbey passed to Francis Goodere, whose son Sir Henry fashioned a manor house out of or on the site of the Abbess’s ...
A manor house that is Post Medieval in date and which incorporated building material from the Abbess's lodgings that had existed on the same site. The site of the manor house lies 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 A 17th century ashlar structure. It resembles an isolated gate pier, but is always called a sundial: there is however no dial. Tall pillar with square base ...
A sundial, constructed from a tall pillar of ashlar, that is Post Medieval in date. It is situated 250m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 A late 17th century, rectangular brick built dovecote with a tiled pyramidal roof. Internally there are 489 nest holes, and in the centre of the floor, the remains ...
A dovecote, used for housing doves and pigeons, that is built of brick with a tiled roof. It is Post Medieval in date. It lies 400m north west of Edgerley Farm.
1 VCH entry.
2 A 17th century timber framed barn with brick infill. Now a garage.
4 Negative archaeological observation at tithe barn.
A tithe barn built from timber and brick which is Post Medieval in date. It is situated 60m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 Late C15/early C16 with later alterations. Timber-framed. North end towards High Street has a jettied upper end and is gabled. West side has an original stone ...
A timber framed house dating to the Post Medieval period is situated on High Street, Polesworth.
A Medieval gatehouse.
1 The gatehouse stands to the N of the W end of the church. It is of two stories. The walls are of rough ashlar, except over the ...
A gatehouse associated with Polesworth Abbey which is Medieval in date. The walls are constructed in ashlar except over the gateway where they are of timber. The gatehouse is located 200m east of Bridge Street, Polesworth.
1 School founded by Sir Francis Nethersole 1638, first built in 1655 and completely rebuilt in 1818. Built, chequered red and black bricks with stone dressings, of half H-shaped ...
A building constructed during the Imperial period as a school. It is built of red and black bricks that are arranged in a chequered pattern. The building is situated on the corner of Bridge Street and High Street in Polesworth.
1 Formerly steam mill of Messrs Mallaby and Alkin. Grain was brought by canal and by road. Horses were stabled at the back, in the Old Salt House. ...
A steam mill which was built during the Imperial period for the purpose of grinding corn. It was situated on the western side of Market Street, Polesworth.
1 Three storeyed red brick house dating to the mid 18th century.
2 Planning permission was obtained in c1967 for demolition but the house is still standing.
Bramcote Hall, a house built from brick and dating to the Imperial period. It is located 850m northwest of Warton.
1 Evidence for a pottery kiln includes a slip ware dish decorated with ‘Polesworth RG 1801’ and the road called ‘Potters Lane’. Investigations in the back gardens of houses along ...
Various finds from this area suggest that there was a pottery kiln here during the Imperial period. It would have been located in the area of Potters Lane, Polesworth.
1 Site of Birch Coppice Colliery Railway track.
From Map.
Links Birch Coppice Colliery and the Midland Railway (Kingsbury branch) at Hill End sidings.
Railway connecting Birch Coppice Colliery and main Midland Railway.
1 Site of the medieval and post medieval settlement of Freasley, Polesworth. Settlement has 17th and 16th century houses. The village extrends to the S in a more disorganised way. ...
Buildings of 17th and 16th century with an extension South onto the Green.
1 A small canal basin served by a tramway is shown here on the 1st edition 25″ OS. The tramway would presumably have brought coal from Dordon mines. Just ...
A canal, canal basin and wharf where vessels would have loaded and unloaded goods. They were built during the Imperial period. The canal basin and wharf are situated 100m south of Tamworth Road, Polesworth.
1 A turnpike or toll road established between 1750 and 1751.
A toll road, a road whose repair was paid for by the exaction of a toll. The toll gate is where travellers paid the toll. They both date to the Imperial period and are situated on Chiltern Road, Stoneydelph, Tamworth.
1 A turnpike road established between 1725-50.
A toll road whose upkeep was paid for by the extraction of a toll from travellers. It was built in the late post-medieval period and ran between Polesworth and Austrey.
12Bramcote Hall garden not visited by Lovie.
Samll pleasure grounds, possibly using landscaped former gravel pits mentioned in the data table.
Lovie also mentions that sites, such as Bramcote Hall, rebuiilt in ...
Small pleasure grounds possibly using landscaped former gravel pits. Recommendation for inclusion on Local List by Lovie.
1 Hall End Hall garden, Polesworth.
Lovie reports this as having been a small site; possibly some garden around house. House demolished post 1945 bby the colliery company.
Possibly an orchard as ...
Small site; possibly some garden round house, possibly an orchard. House demolished. Garden no longer exists.
1 2 Pooley Hall garden, Polesworth.
Lovie reports that the Hall possessed a deer park in 1610; by 1725 Beighton made no mention of it and Evelyn Philip Shirley suggested ...
Lawns, herbaceous and rose borders, kitchen garden with glass, orchard.
Recommended for inclusion on Local List by Lovie
1 Obelisk on site of St Leonard’s Chapel (PRN 225).
2 The obelisk on Hoo Hill carries the inscription “Site of the Chapel of St Leonard at Hoo. Demolished 1538 30th ...
An obelisk situated on the site of the Chapel of St. Leonard, 350m south of the sewage works, Polesworth. It dates to the Imperial period.
1 1509: Re-built as a semi fortified house by Sir Thomas Cockayne. His house was probably much larger than the existing remains. At the north end is a ...
Pooley Hall, a manor house constructed in brick with stone dressings. It is Post Medieval in date. It is situated 100m east of Pooley Lane.
1 Three terraces of late 19th century houses, of modest type. Constructed of dark purple brick with tile roof.
A group of three terraced houses built in brick with tile roof date to the Imperial period. They are situated on Tamworth Road, Polesworth.
1 Originally a small 17th century timber framed cottage, demolished in 1971. This was a fine small building but the photographs show that it was in poor condition with ...
The site of a timber-framed house, known as 'Little Jim's Cottage'. It was built in the Post Medieval period and was situated on Fairfields Hill, Polesworth.
1 Large 19th century building in dark red brick with tile roof. Closed in early 1976, windows are now boarded up. At the rear is a large stable block dated ...
The Chetwynd Arms, an inn built in red brick with a tile roof with a stable block to the rear. It was built during the Imperial period and is situated on Market Street, Polesworth.
1 Originally a thatched 17th century three bayed timber framed house, with a whitened brick infill. It has two dormers. Now demolished.
The site of a timber-framed house known as 'The Ark'. It was built in the Post Medieval period which was situated on Grendon Street, Polesworth.
