Description

ST 88 NW
2/160
28.10.59

SOPWORTH
THE STREET,
(east side)
Sopworth Manor, White Leas and Glebe House (formerly listed as Sopworth Manor)

II

Former Manor House, now 3 separate dwellings. Circa 1700 with
c1840 addition and further extensive additions in the early C20.
Squared and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings to C20 ranges,
ashlar to earlier blocks; stone slate roofs: hipped to 1700
block, gabled to remainder. Irregular L-shaped plan with south
facing 1700 block, 1840 service range to left and C20 additions to
rear. Two storeys and attic, 7-bay south front. Windows are 12-
pane sashes in moulded architraves. Central doorway with bolection
surround and shell hood on carved brackets. Moulded plinth,
platband linking ground floor windows, first floor string course,
second floor platband, coved cornice and 3 hipped dormers. C20
rear wings in Cotswold vernacular style with cross-mullion
fenestration under hoodmoulds within gables. Tall early C20 stone
stacks. Interior: inaccessible.
(N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, 1975)

Listing NGR: ST8280286212

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495785

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)