Description

TL 55 NW LITTLE WILBRAHAM HIGH STREET

SP 1136 THE MANOR HOUSE

17/1136 II

House. C17 with early C19 alterations. Timber frame,
plastered at rear and faced in gault brick, rendered at front.
Plain tile roof with gabled end and brick cogged eaves. 2
brick axial stacks.

4 room plan, hall (right) and parlour (left) at centre, heated
from axial stacks and with smaller unheated room at either
end, the right hand room with a loft above. C19 outshut at
rear of right hand room.

2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 4-window north front. C19 2-
light horizontally sliding sashes with glazing bars. Doorway
to right of centre with C20 door. At rear various C20
casements, French casement and at left the main roof carried
down as catslide over outshut with brick stack.

Interior: All 4 ground floor rooms have chamfered axial
beams, the parlour with hollow step (or ogee) stops; the hall
with ogee stop and both with exposed joists. Hall has large
fireplace with C20 carved wooden surround. Parlour has
smaller brick fireplace with curved back and thin chamfer to
timber lintel. Partitions in the end room are later. On
first floor exposed jowled wall posts and wall plate at rear.
More timber frame exposed in chambers, the left and left of
centre chambers with chamfered axial beams with ogee stops.
Left of centre chamber has brick fireplace with curved back,
chamfered lintel and panelled cupboard door to right. Large
brick stack exposed in right of centre chamber. Right hand
chamber has blocked doorway in rear wall. Plank doors on
first floor. Roof has clasped purlins, collars with halved
lap joints and rafters without ridgepiece; some later repairs
to roof.

Listing NGR: TL5394758455

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26420333

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)