1 Built mostly of lias limestone with tiled roofs. The oldest part was built c.1610-20 for Sir Robert Lee, and partly timber framed.
2 The main block extended to the ...
Billesley Hall, a Post Medieval manor house. It is situated 100m south of Billesley Manor Farm.
1 1927: Excavation of a ‘tumulus’ at Billesley Hall. At the junction of the road to Aston Cantlow and the lane from Wilmcote there is a well-marked tumulus, now ...
A mound thought to be of Post Medieval date. During an excavation the mound was found to contain the burial of a horse. The mound survives as an earthwork and is situated 200m south of Billesley Hall.
1 The Domesday book records a priest and a substantial peasant population. C14 documents indicate that the population was still fairly high. The Lay Subsidy of 1428 records only 4 ...
The deserted Medieval settlement of Billesley Trussel. House platforms, hollow ways, enclosures and ridge and furrow cultivation are still visible as earthworks. The settlement is also known from documentary evidence. It is situated to the east of Billesley Hall.
1 S of the church is a moat of which three sides containing water still remain. The inner faces of the arms retain rubble walling and there are traces of ...
A Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. The moat survives as an earthwork and it lies 100m to the south of the church at Billesley.
Earthworks of Post Medieval fishponds.
1 In the lawn S of the house is a circular fishpond, and away to the S are the remains of a former moat.
2 The ‘moat’ ...
Fishponds which were used for breeding and storing fish. They are Post Medieval in date and are visible as earthworks. The fish ponds lie 100m to the south of Billesley Hall.
1 17th century rectangular stone dovecote with later extension and two square lanterns. The building has recently been restored.
2 The dovecote stands within Billesley Trussell deserted Medieval village (WA 1716).
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Billesley Trussel Dovecote, a building used for housing doves or pigeons. It is Post Medieval in date and is situated 200m east of Billesley Hall.