Description

RICCALL KELFIELD ROAD
SE 63 NW
(north side)
6/58 The Manor House
(formerly listed as The
25.10.51 Vicarage or Old Prebendal
Manor)

GV II *

Vicarage now house. 1896 inscribed above rear door incorporating tower and
turret of c1480, with later alterations. Pinkish-orange narrow brick tower
and turret with red brick house with ashlar dressings and Welsh slate roof.
T-shaped on plan. 2 storeys, 4 bays of which the fourth bay is occupied by
3-storey square tower and 5-stage turret with square base tapering to
octagonal top. Gothic tower: massive angle buttress to left. Angle
buttress with off-sets to three-quarter height to right. Off--centre
entrance a late C20 glazed door with overlight. To right a C20 casement
window, the whole beneath beam and C20 hood. First floor: lancet window and
pair of lancets. Second floor: pair of lancet windows. A single lancet to
first-floor and pair of lancets to second floor, then projecting stack. To
rear of tower is stair turret: slit windows to each stage. Upper stage
projects slightly with Lombard frieze. Lancet windows to alternate sides.
Spirelet. Otherwise house has mainly pairs of unequally-hung 3-pane sashes
with ashlar sills and with pointed lintels to ground floor. Two upper
windows break cogged eaves band. Group of 4 cylindrical ridge stacks.
Interior: dogleg staircase has turned balusters and Gothic newel posts.
Doors have decorative panelling. Some Gothic fireplaces. Stained glass to
ground floor tower window dated 1696. Stair to turret has a brick newel and
triplets of brick arches fanning out under each step. Pevsner N, Yorkshire,
York and The East Riding, 1978, p 329.

Listing NGR: SE6157638077

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542421

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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