Description

SW 83 NE PHILLEIGH

1/53 The Old Manor House
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II

House. C18 but incorporating part of earlier house, extended and partly rebuilt
circa 1970's. Home of the Petit family when permission for chapel was given in 1285.
Carved stone Medieval fragments survive in garden wall. Slatestone rubble walls.
Steep, dry Delabole slate roof, hipped to left with C20 brick chimney over original
external stone breast and brick chimney over gable end right and to gable end of
mostly C20 rear wing, 2 room cross passage plus rear wing plan. 2 storeys. Nearly
symmetrical 3 window south front, partly rebuilt C20 to first floor. C20, 16 pane
sashes. Central doorway within C20 stone porch with coped gable end and doorway with
freestone hoodmould.
Interior incorporates some reused fragments but C16/C17 granite fireplace with
straight chamfers and pyramid stops survives in left room. Cloam oven to left of
fireplace is C18/C19 insertion.
Many reused moulded and carved stones are built into C20 stone garden wall.
Excavations for drainage circa 1970's revealed extensive foundations of older house.

Listing NGR: SW8801240489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433780

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas