Description

KEMERTON CP -
SO 9436 - 9536
12/72 Old Manor
- II

House. Mid-C17 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions.
Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, painted brick replace-
ment walling and refacing and machine-tiled roof with large brick stack to
main ridge and C19 brick stack to rear south end of main ridge. Hall and
cross-wing plan. Hall part of probably three framed bays aligned north/south
with large chimney between northern and central bay forming former lobby-entry
plan. Cross-wing is of two framed bays and is situated at north gable end.
Two storeys. Framing: hall part has three panels from sill to wall-plate,
long straight braces in the lower front corners and a collar and tie-beam
truss with two struts below the collar and a V-strut in the apex at the
south gable end. The cross-wing has a row of rectangular panels from girding-
beam to wall-plate on its north side (some have a rail dividing them into two
panels) with short straight cusped upper corner braces and there is a collar
and tie-beam truss with two struts at both gable ends. West front elevation:
irregular fenestration, windows are mainly C20 casements. Hall part has a 2-
light and a single-light window and a 3-light and a 2-light window with plank
weatherings on the ground floor. (The single-light window is inserted into
the blocked doorway which once formed the lobby-entrance). There are three
2-light windows and two 3-light windows on the first floor. The gable end of
the cross-wing has a 2-light window on both floors, the first floor window has
a cambered head. The main entrance is at the rear. Attached to the hall part
of the building is a West of England fire insurance mark.

Listing NGR: SO9446636637

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26357158

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)