Description

ST 39 NW AXMINSTER WEYCROFT
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Weycroft Manor and
GV Weycroft Well House

II*

Circa C16 and possibly earlier. Coursed stone. Wood shingle roof replaces thatch.
Gable ends with stone coping. Long two storey, four window range with moulded string
course over ground floor windows. To right of centre a two storey gabled porch with
round-arched doorway and moulded wood inner doorcase and panelled door. Modern
four-light casement windows. Ashlar ridge chimney stacks.

Projecting to right hand a wing (Weycroft Well House) with splayed corner and slit
windows and gabled cross wing set back at end with small stone window in the gable.

Large square chimney stack over the gable with moulded stone shafts and cornice.

Interior: Weycroft Manor has C18 dog-leg staircase with moulded string and turned
balusters. Early C18 panelled room with moulded cornices and overmantle painting
depicting a hunting scene - now situated in hall.

Well House has heavy chamfered ceiling beams, Tudor arched doorway and chamfered
fireplace bressummer. Painting over door on first floor similar to that in Weycroft
Manor.

Listing NGR: SY3076299846

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546992

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas