Description

WADEBRIDGE GONVENA HILL, Wadebridge
SW 9872-9972
9/241 The Manor House

GV II

House converted into offices. Circa mid C18. Stuccoed, rendered and painted stone
rubble. Rag slate roof with hipped ends. Brick end stacks. Lower 2-storey range to
rear with slate roof with gable ends and brick end stack.
Plan: Overall 'L' shaped plan. Central entrance; wide entrance hall with stair in
shallow projection to rear of hall, smpll reception room on left and larger reception
room on right, both rooms heated by end stacks. Kitchen in wing to rear of left hand
room and further service range beyond on rear in circa later C18 extension, heated by
an end stack. In the mid C20 the right hand room was used as the magistrates courts.
Exterior: 2-storeys and attic. Symmetrical 5-window front with flat banded string
course above ground floor. Central entrance with pediment supported on consol
brackets, circa late C18 panelled door and fanlight above. 2 12-pane sashes to right
and left of entrance, the second sash with mid C18 thick glazing bars and the other
sashes probably C19. Five 12-pane sashes on first floor, the second window from left
probably early C20 and the others probably mid C18 with thick glazing bars. Two full
hipped dormers to attic with C19 2-light casements.
Interior: Entrance hall with probably C19 moulded cornice. Mid C18 chinoiserie open
well stair with moulded and ramped rail, lit by mid C18 sash on rear elevation.
Right hand room with mid C18 moulded cornice and china cupboards, the chimney-piece
probably C19. A partition has been inserted across the right hand room to form two
rooms. First floor not accessible.

Listing NGR: SW9918672544

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435769

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  For the Record
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)