Description

OFFORD DARCY HIGH STREET
TL 2166
(WEST SIDE)
7/9 MANOR HOUSE
GV II*

H-plan farmhouse, probably built 1613 by Richard Nailour. Early
C18 parapetted East front and C19 additions to West and North.
Red brick with some gault. Plain tile roofs, hipped to East and
original projecting side stack to West wall of hall. C18 side
stack to South crosswing. East front of stuccoed red brick and
of three storeys, with moulded wood cornice. Each storey has
eight early C18 hung sashes with glazing bars in flush wood
frames on either side of tall rusticated alcove forming a two
storey recessed porch. The alcove has a semi-dome decorated
with plasterwork of shell form and doorway at ground floor.
Interior of hall has fine early C17 staircase of three flights.
Closed string, turned balusters and square newels with recessed
panels and ball finials. Original early C17 stone fireplace.
Four centred arch with chamfered and stopped jambs in a square
head. Two shields of arms of Nailour family to spandrels.
Quartered main beams chamfered and stopped. North of the
fireplace is an early C18 staircase. Closed string of three
flights with turned balusters and turned and fluted newels.
Moulded rail. The stairbay is lined with raised and fielded
panelling and has cupboards on ground floor with similar
panelling to doors divided by fluted pilasters. Early C18
panelling and doors to ground floor rooms to South. The chamber
on the first floor, above the hall, has early C18 panelling and
an overmantel of three bays divided by fluted pilasters with
enriched arcading.
R.C.H.M. (Hunts), Mon. 3

Listing NGR: TL2164066366

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544013

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

• 
  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)