Description

SP 04 SE WICKHAMFORD CP -
2/171 Manor House
30.7.59.
GV II
House. Probably C16 with early C20 alterations and extensions. Timber-
framing and limestone rubble with tile roofs. Irregular plan. Two storeys.
East front has two projecting gabled cross-wings and a recessed centre.
The windows are timber casements with leaded glazing. The left-hand wing
is of one bay and is close-studded with middle rails to each floor. The
gable is similarly studded and has a tie-beam and collar. The recessed
centre is close-studded and has a wide window on both floors. To each side
on the first floor are small windows. At the right is a doorway. The right-
hand cross-wing is of stone except for the front of the upper storey, where
close-studded framing is exposed. The gable has a king-strut and fish-bone
bracing. At the right is a gabled C20 extension. Chimneys to left and right
and at rear. Interior: not accessible at time of survey. A room on the south
side of the house is said to contain a wide fireplace with flat four-centred
stone fireplace and a C17 panelled wood chimneypiece with inlaid patterns in
the panels. The house was the boyhood home of James Lees-Milne and is mentioned
in his autobiography. (VCH, p 428).

Listing NGR: SP0680542217

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Manor House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26510803

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)