Description

SP67SE
11/61
02/11/54

RAVENSTHORPE
COTON-UNDER-GUILSBOROUGH
Coton Manor

GV
II

Manor house. Datestone HWE/1662. Limestone lias and ashlar, with slate roof.
Originally irregular cruciform plan. 2 storeys with attic. Garden front of
3-window range has central projecting cross wing. C20 door to right of cross
wing under C17 four-centred moulded stone arch. Cross wing and bay to right have
3-light stone mullion windows with leaded lights to ground and first floor, and
one 2-light similar window to attic. Bay to right has 2 single-light windows
with moulded stone surrounds. Gable stonework is banded limestone and lias.
Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers, and brick stack at ridge. Datestone to far
right of carved rosette in central gable. Elevation to right of garden front
similar but having some C20 windows and with large early C20 gabled extension to
right in similar style. Elevation to left of garden front similar with 2- and
3-light stone mullion windows and main entrance with C20 door under C17
four-centred moulded stone arch. The gable to the right has banded limestone and
lias. Large early C20 extension to left in similar style. Interior: Entrance
Hall, originally the Kitchen, has open fireplace. First floor room has a moulded
stone fireplace with a fragment of a large metope frieze with a bucranium and
rosette in the metope; reputedly reset from Holdenby Palace.

Listing NGR: SP6745971610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Coton Manor official website
• Wikidata Q26521867

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings