Description

SD 45 NW OVERTON MAIN STREET

7/134 No. 2 (Manor House Farmhouse)

GV II

House, early-to-mid C18th. Squared sandstone with stone slate roof.
Double-pile plan. A symmetrical composition of 2 storeys with attics and 5
bays. Facade has chamfered quoins, a 1st floor sill band, an eaves band, and
a moulded cornice under the eaves. Windows have plain stone surrounds and are
sashed with only their upper halves retaining glazing bars. The door, of
raised and fielded panels, has an architrave with fluted keystone. Inside, an
arch of grained timber leads to the stair hall at the rear. It is flanked by
pilasters, and has a fluted keystone. Above it is a dentilled cornice. The
dog-leg open-string stair has 3 turned balusters to each tread, carved tread
brackets, and a ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: SD4371858051

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457866

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)