Description

HIGH STREET
1.
1614
(East Side)
No 6
(The Manor House)
TQ 5354/1/4 13.4.51
II GV
2.
Late C18. Coursed local stone with flint infilling to mortar joints.
Symmetrical 2.1.2 window facade of 2 storeys, Centre part slightly
recessed. Corner and end pilasters. Plinth ad band. Projecting
moulded flat modillioned cornice and concealed gutter. Hipped slate
mansard roof, end stacks, 5 flat-roofed leaded dormers containing sash
windows. Centre large dormer. Ground floor sash windows wwith bars
removed. First floor sash windows with bars intact and with C19
ornamental sunblind cases. Centre projecting flat-roofed glazed porch
with rounded corner pilasters, entablature and flat modillioned cornice.
Wide glazed double doors with rectangular fanlight over. Inner glazed
double doors with late C18 fanlight over with tracery. 1 storey wing to
left of main elevation with hipped slate roof, eaves and gutter and 2 sash
windows. Rear elevation similar but with large Edwardian bay additions.
Interior hall with elliptical well staircase lighted by domed skylight.

Historical Associations.

The Manor House was originally built as a Dower House to Knole Park.

Nos 6 to 24 (even) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5317454303

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499684

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Recommended Books

• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)