Description

ST5922 MARSTON MAGNA CP CHURCH GREEN

9/65 Manor House

19.4.61

- II*

Manor House. Dated 1613. Local stone roughly squared and coursed, Ham
stone dressings; plain clay tiles over 2 base courses stone slates
between coped gables; central and end stone chimney stacks - former
extended in brick. 2-storeys, 6-bays: sizeable through- passage house
with possibly a solar at East end. Cambered arched doorway almost
central in bay 3 having moulded jamb; left two 5-light ovolo mould
mullioned windows with rectangular leaded panes sharing label mould with
doorway; to right small 2-light then two 5-light mullioned windows all
under the same label mould; on first floor; left three 4-light mullioned
windows under common label; right small 2-light and two 4-lights again
sharing a label. Small roofed 2-storey extension on East side, possibly
a garderobe; to rear of East room full height extension suggesting
former solar, set in wall here a sundial with motto "As shadows so man's
life doth go" and date 1613. Also rear C20 extension. Internally the
ceiling beams have scroll-stop chamfers except in the East room, where
they are more rudimentary. 2 Tudor-arched wood doorways and one door
survive; otherwise the internal fittings such as staircase and doorways
mainly of C18: plain layout little altered, except for staircase
position: site of former winding stair identifiable adjacent to central
fireplaces: all fireplaces C20 early replacements. Despite its C18
remodelling a very good survival.

Listing NGR: ST5930322306

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553821

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)