Description

TL 26SE PAPWORTH ST . AGNES PAPWORTH ST. AGNES

8/98 Manor House (formerly
31.8.62 listed as old Manor House)

GV I

Manor house. c.1585 possibly built for William Mallory
(d.1586), plaster cartouches of Mallory arms and initials in
hall and chamber. Additions in mid C17 and c.1700; C20 service
wing. Re-used medieval Barnack limestone, limestone and clunch
dressings, C17 red brick plastered, early C18 red brick and
modern red brick. Plain tile gabled and hipped roofs. Two
stacks, one with two patterned shafts. Two storeys and attics.
The original late C16 house survives as hall, with crosswing to
north and stair turret to the west in the angle of the two
ranges. Main south entrance into a screens passage demolished
perhaps in C17 when wing to west added. Further addition c.1700
completed the square plan. West elevation. Red brick with band
at first floor and plinth, moulded wooden eaves cornice. Canted
bay window to left hand of six panelled door, and three-light
horizontal sliding sash window to right hand; three similar
first floor windows with flat gauged brick arches. South
elevation, plastered with coved eaves. Two ground floor stone
mullioned and transomed windows with shouldered architraves and
cornice; three similar first floor windows. C16 blocked doorway
with four-centred arched head to right hand. East elevation,
original C16 facade with restored two storey canted bay window
to crosswing and three-light attic window; one restored and one
original five-light transomed window to main range. Interior.
Outstanding plastered ceilings (plate illustrations R.C.H.M),
wall painting in small attic oratory, garderobe closet, C16
clunch chimney pieces and later C17 and C18 brick hearths, fine
C16 windbraced roof with later C17 and C18 roofs.
R.C.H.M. West Cambs mon.2, p.199

Listing NGR: TL2679664731

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528015

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)