Description

SY 49 NE NETHERBURY SLAPE HILL

7/154 Slape Manor
4-12-1951
GV II*

Manor House. C17 core, c. late C18 refenestration, C19 extension,
and extensive 1931 refashioning by E.P. Warren. Rubble stone walls
with dressed stone quoins and rusticated stone quoins to centre bay.
Slate roof, hipped, 2 stone stacks at ridge, one stone stack at
right hand eaves. Rear stacks. U-plan house, with C19 extensions
to this. 2 storeys and attics. North elevation of main house, 5
bays, sashes with stone architraves and projecting dropped stone
keys. Stone cills. Centre pedimented bay projects, c. early C19.
Modillion cornice to pediment, oculus, with glazing-bars in centre.
Sash window at centre and stone porch, c.C19. Round-headed lower
windows and roundels above, 1931. Porch entrance with quasi-Doric
pilasters, round arch and projecting dropped key carried through
into the cornice. 2-leaf door with recess panels, Cl9. Rear
elevation: window design, same as front sashes. Staircase windows,
round-headed with impost-block and keys. Oculi over are of 1931.
two C17 2-light mullions light the cellar. East end of house, more
Cl7 evidence, 3-light windows with labels Doorway with a four-centred
head and label. C19 Victorian extension on west end of house, one
room with a canted bay at the end. Octagonal cupola with lead lights
and ogival lead cap, 1931. Interior: roof-construction, probably
partly Cl7. Central ground-floor roan created by E.P. Warren, shallow
dome with lacey spandrels, plain pilasters articulate the space,
palmette-style frieze. Present drawing-room has fielded panelling
of uncertain date, the 2 fireplaces have changed walls. Rococoesque
detailing by Warren.
Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p 173(4).

Listing NGR: SY4718798425

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543034

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record