Monument record 1597200000 - Porch House, Village Road

Porch House is a building of the early 19th century, but it stands on the site of what may be called the 'home farm' of the manor, which like most of the demesne was sold off by George Coleshill in 1625. An inventory of 1571 probably relates to it; the farm it describes was a large one, evidently leasehold, and lists hall, chamber and kitchen, which suggests a house with one bay open to the roof and used as a kitchen, the other, the hall, having above it a chamber used both for sleeping and storage. Richard Child junior acquired the house in 1627 and is the first occupier with any incentive to improve the house, and it was probably he who replaced it with the four-hearth building on which his successor paid tax in 1662. [Further details; historical and social analysis] (B1).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence (B2).