Description

HALFORD QUEEN'S STREET
SP2545 (West side)
6/104 Old Manor House
02/09/52

GV II

Manor house now house. C16 with mid/late C17 and C20 extensions. Timber-frame
and finely regular jointed coursed limestone rubble. Steeply pitched red tile
and stone slate roofs. Brick ridge and end stacks. L-plan. Early part: ground
floor of regular coursed limestone rubble. Upper floor of close studded
timber-frame and plaster. Renewed wood windows. Plank door and wood door-frame.
C17 part to right: 2 storeys. 4-window range. Narrow part to left between C16
and C17 builds has C20 windows. 2-unit main part with a further unit on the
right. Ground floor has a 4-light stone-mullioned window with king mullion,
cavetto section and small opening lights. A 3-light stone-mullioned window to
right, of cavetto section. First floor has three 3-light stone-mullioned
windows, 2 of ovolo section and one of cavetto section. All mullioned windows
have hood moulds and label stops. Stone coping to right. Later part has stone
slate roof. Interior not inspected. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire, 1981
edn, p303).
(V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol. V, 1949, p89).

Listing NGR: SP2586545700

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481003

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (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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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide