Description

KINGS CLIFFE WEST STREET
TL0097 (South side)
12/164 The Manor House and attached
23/05/67 walls to south
(Formerly listed as The Manor
House)
GV II
Manor house and attached walls. Early and mid/late C17 and early C19. Squared
coursed limestone, main range has ashlar banded facade. Collyweston slate and
concrete tile roofs. Mid/late C17 main range, originally 3-unit plan. 2 storeys.
3-window range. Two, 2-storey slightly canted bay windows with ovolo moulded
mullions and transoms and slated roofs. One 2-light, ovolo moulded stone mullion
window, with transom; to first floor far left. Central 6-panel door with moulded
stone square-head surround. Ashlar gable parapets and ashlar ridge and end
stacks, each with moulded cornice and pulvinated frieze. Early C17 two-window
range, attached to right, has leaded casements under wood lintels. Ashlar gable
parapets and concrete tile roof. Large stone stack at end. Front of main range
many have had gables. Garden front, to rear, has 6-paned sash windows under
gauged stone heads. Central part-glazed door under similar head. Small gabled
wing breaks forward, to left, with canted bay window in gable end. C18 and early
C19 walls attached to left and right of garden front, have ashlar copings and
partially enclose the upper lawn. Wall attached to left continues to south to
enclose the lower garden. Interior: entrance hall has early C19 staircase with
stick balustrade. 6 panelled doors with early C19 surrounds. Room to far right
of entrance has remains of open fireplace. Room to far left of entrance has C17
corner fireplace with moulded stone surround. Cellar has a 2-light stone mullion
window.
(RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p105)

Listing NGR: TL0033297221

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26318983

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings