Description

SKIDBROOKE AND TF 49 SE SALTFLEET HAVEN MAIN STREET (west side) 6/64 The Manor House (formerly listed as Old Manor House) 6.6.52 G.V. II

House. c.1673, C19. Red brick. Plain tile and pantile roofs, brick coped and tumbled gables. Single central ridge stack, C19 twisted ridge stack, plain C19 ridge stack. Rectangular plan with low range running north, set back to right of main front. Lobby entrance. 2 storeys and garret, 5 bay front with plinth and first floor band. Central doorway with segmental head and plank door. Doorway flanked by 2 round headed windows with wooden cross mullion casements on each side. 5 windows above with wooden cross mullion casements. Plinth and first floor band runs across gable end and south front and gable end of low north- eastern range. East gable end of main block with window with segmental head and wooden cross mullion casement. Similar window above with small wooden cross mullioned casement for garret. South front of north east range with doorway to left with segmental head and panel door. East gable end of lower range with 3 light sliding sash with 2 light sliding sash above, both with segmental heads. Clean break in brick bonding with range to north, with 3 light sliding sash to left, with segmental head and 2 blocked openings with segmental heads to right. Single 2 light sliding sash above to left. C17 oak staircase, 5 feet wide leading up to long landing, with boxed in tread ends, 2 turned bannisters to each tread, moulded hand rail and newel with ball finial. Beamed ceilings exposed and 2 large brick fireplaces. Small sitting room upstairs with names Robert Fox and Jane Hardy, with date 1673 and lover's knot inscribed (both names in C17 parish register under marriages).

Listing NGR: TF4544893795

External Links

• Wikidata Q26316404

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