Description

PARISH OF IDRIDGEHAY AND ALTON WIRKSWORTH ROAD
SK 25 SE
1/59
Alton Manor and attached
stable range to north
east
GV II
Small Country House 1846-7 by Sir G G Scott. Ashlar gritstone, rising from a
shallow plinth, with coped gables, moulded kneelers, tall ashlar ridge stacks with
octagonal shafts and a concrete tiled roof, formerly stone slated. Irregular 'L'
plan house. Built in the Elizabethan style. Two storeys and attics. South
east elevation, gabled to south west end, and with porch in the angle. Four
centred arched head to moulded doorway, decorated spandrels to archway and a
panelled door. Stepped hoodmould above door, and coat of arms above archway.
Above doorway, a pointed oriel window, and above that an octagonal tower with a
pierced parapet. Tall mullioned and transomed windows. South west (garden)
elevation, with advanced gable to north west end, canted two storey bay with
crenellated parapet and grotesque spouts. Continuous stringcourse. Single gabled
dormer above mullioned and transomed window. Advanced bay to south east end.
Adjoining stable range to north east, of two storeys, with gabled entrance bay to
the yard, with moulded four-centred archway, to north east corner, an ogee cupola,
with lead covering and blind semi-circular headed lights.

Listing NGR: SK2825451006

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452498

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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