Description

SX 98 SE LYMPSTONE BURGMANN'S HILL, Lympstone

5/5 The Manor
11.ll.52
GV II

Detached house. 1760 with later alterations. Brick, in Flemish bond; hipped slate
roof, partly concealed behind parapet. Double-depth plan, the main rooms to either
side of former entrance hall heated by paired internal end stacks. 3 storeys.
Front: symmetrical 2:1:2 bay front, the central bay projecting slightly. 2nd floor
with C18 hornless sash windows, 3 panes above, 6 below; 2nd floor with C18 12-pane
hornless sash windows; all with brick window arches and external louvred shutters.
The ground floor has been much altered; 2 rectangular bays with parapets and
pilaster quoins flank the central entrance over which the parapets are carried as a
cornice supported by openwork iron posts with decorative spandrels. 4-light late-
C20 bay windows; and a 2-light window of the same date occupies position of former
central doorway. To either side of the bay windows and flush with them are open-
work iron verandahs, probably early-C19; that to the right returns to form a verandah
along the right-hand end elevation and is glazed. This elevation has hornless sash
windows (of 9- and 12-panes) and one small casement. 2 casement windows only to
left-hand side. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX9899384381

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398204

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (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
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (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)