Description

SP 8027 SWANBOURNE WINSLOW ROAD
(west side)

8/155 The Manor House

4.6.52

- II

Home for the elderly. C16-C17,much restored early C20. New
doorway dated 1927. Dressed rubble stone with restored ashlar plinth
and first floor string course. Old tile roof, stone coped gables
and kneelers. Small brick chimney with moulded stone cap behind
gable of second bay. 2 storeys, basement, attic, E. front of 5 bays.
Rebuilt 3-light stone mullion windows,those to ground floor with
transoms, all with leaded lights. Second bay has gable with attic
window. Fourth bay has 3-storey gabled projection, formerly porch,
with C20 2-light wooden casement in blocked doorway with restored and
rendered 4-centred head. Door between bays 2 and 3 has similar head.
Third bay has 2-light basement window. S. front is double gabled,
the left range being a C19 extension with leaded cross casements.
Interior has fragments of timber framing, probably not in situ, and
2 C17 panelled doors. One stone fireplace has moulded 4-centred arch
and later surround with mantel-shelf on reeded pilasters.

RCHM II p.291 Mon. 11.

Listing NGR: SP8005027240

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510134

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)