Description

TL 04NE EASTCOTTS HIGH ROAD, COTTON END

3/48 Manor Farmhouse

GV II*

House. Late C16. Red brick with stone dressings. Old clay tile roof.
Originally H-plan, S cross-wing since destroyed. 2 storeys and attics. Stone
banding at first floor level and at eaves level of cross-wing. Coved cornice
to main block. Cross-wing: 2 2-light mullion and transom windows to ground
and first floor, 2-light mullioned window to attic, and stone coping and
finial. Main block: gabled central porch, with stone coping and finial. 2
3-light mullion and transom windows to ground and first floors. Similar
fenestration to rear. Substantial external chimney stacks to N and rear
elevations, that to N with 4 octagonal shafts, that to rear with 3 octagonal
shafts, all shafts with upper part replaced by octagonal pots. Single storey
outhouse addition to rear, in red brick and clay tile. Interior: main block
first floor was originally one room and has elaborate plaster ceiling (cut by
some C20; partitioning). Probably early C17. 5 quatrefoil panels along middle
of ceiling, central one showing cost of arms possibly belonging to Thomas
Colby of London, who purchased the manor in 1566 (VCH 3, p.236) or his
descendants. Other main panels show scriptural subjects, including The Fall,
whilst borderng panels contain variety of devices including portraits,
foliage, animals, birds and grotesques. Cornice includes frieze of putti and
grapevine.

Listing NGR: TL0847445585

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532870

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6