Description

TQ 66 SW STANSTED VIGO ROAD
2/11 (south side)
1.8.52
Fairseat Manor and
garden wall to north

II*

House. Elevation of circa 1700 to C17 re.ar block. Red brick with blue headers and
red dressings and pilasters. Concealed slate roof. 2 storeys on brick plinth with
platband and tall parapet with band. 2- 2- 2 bay facade, divided by 4 giant
pilasters, each surmounted by a plaster wren above the cornice. Glazing bar sashes
in flat-arch surrounds, the side dressings carried up as vertical bands of red
headers. Small slit glazing bar sash windows either side of door and above on
1st floor. Central panelled door in flat doorcase of fluted Tuscan pilasters, the
entablature with ogee ornament and dentilled cornice. C17 brick and tile-hung block
to rear, gabled at each end. Interior. 2 c.1700 panelled rooms and panelled hall
with 3-flight newel staircase behind on ground-floor. 1 panelled room on
1st floor. Bolection moulding fireplaces in all these rooms. Evidence of
timber-framing in rooms on block behind, especially roof joists and wall-plates.

Listing NGR: TQ6220261440

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546959

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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