Description

BADGEWORTH BADGEWORTH VILLAGE
SO 91 NW

4/4 Badgeworth Manor

GV II

Large house. C16 or earlier origins; internal and possibly
external alterations and additions C18, and c1866. Square-panelled
timber-framing of the C16 range visible at the south gable end of
the main body; the east (entrance) front is rendered at ground
floor level with C19 close-studded timber framing above;
rectangular and close-studded timber-framing with some decorative
diagonal framing to the later ranges at the rear. Red tile roof;
ashlar and cream-coloured brick stacks. Main body: 2 storeys and
attic; later ranges 2 storeys. 2:1:2-windowed facade with a
central projecting C19 gabled 2-storey porch. Two and 3-light
wooden casements with diamond-leaded panes. Porch canted at ground
floor level with a C20 plank door within a pointed-arched surround
at the front; finely carved wooden balustrade with paired trefoil-
headed openings with stopped hoods; projecting gable over porch.
Two 2-light dormers with cusped barge boards. Early projecting
ashlar stack at the south gable end of the main body; gable-end
and axial stacks; highly ornate barge boards with floral and vine
scroll motifs.
Interior: beams with deep flat chamfers and run-out stops.
Windbracing above and below purlins visible in the attic rooms at
the south end of the early range suggesting there may once have
been a first floor hall or parish room open to the ceiling at this
point. C18 fielded panelling. C18 staircase with three balusters
per tread, iron twist decoration at the bottom of each baluster, a
ramped handrail. C19 Jacobean style fireplace.

Listing NGR: SO9023019218

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26384088

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)