Walls, Towers and Gateway Enclosing Whitacre Hall
WALLS, TOWERS AND GATEWAY ENCLOSING WHITACRE HALL, DOG LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1365199
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Walls, Towers and Gateway Enclosing Whitacre Hall
- Statutory Address:
- WALLS, TOWERS AND GATEWAY ENCLOSING WHITACRE HALL, DOG LANE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1365199
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Jan-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Walls, Towers and Gateway Enclosing Whitacre Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALLS, TOWERS AND GATEWAY ENCLOSING WHITACRE HALL, DOG LANE
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:
- WALLS, TOWERS AND GATEWAY ENCLOSING WHITACRE HALL, DOG LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- North Warwickshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Nether Whitacre
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 24137 93674
Details
NETHER WHITACRE DOG LANE
SP29SW (North side)
5/95 Walls, towers and gateway
11/11/52 enclosing Whitacre Hall
(Formerly listed as Whitacre
Hall including moat walls,
tower and gatehouse)
GV II*
Walls, towers and gateway. Probably an early C16 remodelling of an earlier
medieval site, with a gateway of circa 1600. Later alterations. The walls and
towers are of coursed sandstone rubble and the gateway is built of red brick
with a plain tile roof. The rectangular site is surrounded by a moat and the
walls act as a revetment to the inner bank and rise approximately 3 feet above
ground level. A square open backed tower projects from each corner except the
north-east. Each has a chamfered plinth and a small rectangular loop to each
side. They were all formerly capped by brick crenellations but only those to the
south-east tower are well preserved. The gateway is in the centre of the south
side. A round-headed entrance arch with ovolo-moulded surround is set within a
square headed recess with ovolo and ogee-moulded surround. The recess has a
timber lintel with ovolo-moulding and there is a shaped gable above which was
formerly capped by a finial, the base for which remains. Nail studded gate
containing an opening for a wicker gate. To the rear is a timber-framed gable:
the tie beam has ogee- and ovolo-mouldings and a carved trail of oak leaves. In
the panels above are quatrefoil shapes and oak leaf motifs. To each side of the
gate-house is an ornamental loop.
(Buildings of England: Warwickshire: p360; VCH: Warwickshire: Vol IV, 1965,
pp251-5)
Listing NGR: SP2413793674
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 309409
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Warwick, (1947), 251-255
Pevsner, N, Wedgwood, A, The Buildings of England: Warwickshire, (1966), 360
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 15:01:13.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.