Description

HOUGHTON AND WYTON THICKET ROAD
1.
5140
(south side)
Houghton
The Manor
TL 28 72 13/35
II GV
2.
Dated 1905 on rainwater head. Designed by Rev Oliphant, in the Vernacular Revival style.
Two-storeys, red brick, plain tile roofs. Moulded brick cornice, stone-capped parapets
and gable facades with finials. Central, flat-roofed, projecting two-storey porch with
rusticated quoins and flat canopy to panelled double doors with detailed ironwork. Side
stack to right hand with polygonal, moulded brick shafts. Casement windows at both floor
levels with stone, ovolo-moulded mullions and transomes in flat gauged brick arches with
key blocks.
Interior: rich in detail. Galleried hall, large inglenook hearths, and changes in floor
levels. Locally forged iron fittings to windows and doors.
(Rev F J Kingsley-Backenbury Oliphant, Rector of Houghton 1901-1930. Huntingdon
Record Office).

Listing NGR: TL2832572139

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457101

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