Description

SP 73 NW FOSCOTT

3/46 Foscott Manor

25/9/51

GV II

Large house, Mid C17 S.E. Block, much restored and extended to
N.W. 1868 and 1908 (rainwater heads). Coursed rubble stone with
stone dressings, old tile roof, coped gables with ball finials and
moulded kneelers. C19 brick chimney stacks with pilasters and off-
set heads, thin brick to base of two stacks in S.E. block. Two
storeys and attic. S.E. front: three gabled bays articulated with
two orders of C17 fluted Doric pilasters, and restored low plinth,
first floor band course and upper entablature. Stone mullion
leaded windows with cornices to heads, altered early C20, transomed
to ground and first floors: 4-light flanking 3-light to ground floor,
3-light flanking 2-light to first floor, 2-light to attic. Two
carved stone heads to attic above central pilasters. N.E. front
restored and altered C19, part ashlar : three bays, similar windows,
two C19 hipped dormers. Central bay has C17 three storey gabled
projection with rebuilt Jacobean-style porch projecting to ground
floor : depressed moulded arch flanked by engaged Doric columns
on plinths with triglyph and roundel entablature broken forward
over columns and keystone; original obelisk finials. Right-hand
bay projects to ground. Service wing at right-angles has
one-and-a-half storeys and two gabled bays with 3-light stone
mullion windows. Interior: staircase c.1640 has moulded handrail,
closed string, panelled newels with pierced pendants and elaborate
finials, and turned balusters flanking pierced square panels.

RCHM II p.116 MON 3
VCH IV p 170

Listing NGR: SP7166835880

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509835

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