Description

CREDITON

SS826000 PARLIAMENT STREET
672-1/5/141 (North side)
11/10/72 Nos.1-4 (Consecutive)
The Manor House

GV II

Large house divided into 4. Probably 1820s but incorporating
parts or material from the pre 1743 Manor House that stood on
this site. Stuccoed; slate roof; end stacks with brick shafts.
Plan: Overall U-plan.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 5-bay front. Deep eaves on
paired brackets with a reeded frieze below and an order of
paterae below the frieze. Central Tuscan porch with moulded
bases and capitals and pilasters to the rear. Recessed 6-panel
front door with a reeded doorcase. 4 ground floor and 4 first
floor original 8/12-pane sashes with some old glass.
Secondary, circa 1840s single storey brick lean-to addition
porch to the right with a Tudor arched doorway and 4-panel
door (No 4). The rear elevation includes sash windows to the
main block. The rear left wing has a good late C17 moulded
doorframe and C18 windows with square leaded panes on the
elevation facing into the courtyard, which is paved with
pitched stones.
Interior: Not inspected on survey but noted as having grand
open well stair with stick balusters.
A building called the Manor House is shown on this site on the
plan of Crediton in 1743, the year of the great fire.

Listing NGR: SS8330500412

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491568

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)