Description

HAWKSWORTH TOWN STREET
SK 74 SE
5/106 Hawksworth Manor and
16.6.86 adjoining pigeoncote

G.V. II

Manor house. Mid C17. Extended, raised and refenestrated mid and
late C19. 2 storey rear wing in matching style, 1910. By B.
Bradwell. Pigeoncote 1665. Coursed rubble and brick with steep
pitched gabled and pyramidal plain tile roofs. Rubble plinth.
Stone dressings. 2 gable and 2 ridge stacks, with grouped
octagonal shafts. 2 storeys plus garrets, 5 unequal bays. L-
plan. Windows are mid C19 iron casements with lozenge glazing
bars. North west front has off-centre 2 storey mid C19 porch with
chamfered plinth and bargeboarded gable. Central door. To left,
3 and to right, 2 casements. Above, 5 casements. Porch return
angle has a casement on each floor. West gable has a blocked
opening on each floor and above again, Yorkshire sash to garret.
Garden front has off-centre door with stair light above it,
flanked to left by 2 and to right by single casements. Above, 3
casements. Above again, 2 gabled dormers with casements. Return
angle has square parapeted porch, 1910, with half-glazed door.
Rear wing has on garden side, 3 casements on each floor, those
above with cross-eaves cornices. Gable has 2 casements on each
floor. North east side has, above, 2 casements similar to garden
side. Mid C19 brick service wing to north east, 2 bays, has
dentillated eaves and single ridge stack. 4 C20 casements. To
right door with segmental head, and square hatch. Pigeoncote, 2
storeys, square plan, has string course. Front has altered
opening with segmental head, containing 2 stable doors with
segmental heads. Above, datestone inscribed "SNG / IVLY S5.1665".
Above again, 2 stage square timber glover with pyramidal lead roof
and finial. Rear has, above, opening with 4 square timber
pigeonholes. Adjoining C19 stable, to right, has on south west
side, to right, a pair of sliding doors. Single stable door in
north west gable. House has principal rafter roof with butt
purlins and collars. 3 flight dogleg stair with landings. C18,
with square newels and stick balusters. Ground floor stage
altered c.1944. C17 Renaissance revival fireplace with fluted
frieze and scroll brackets, with C19 pilasters and mantel shelf.
Mid C19 tiles and crane. Large pilastered marble and timber
fireplace with Adam style ornament and bow fronted grate, mid
C19. From Clumber Park. Early C19 hob grate with mid C19 Adam
style timber surround. 2 C18 panelled doors and 2 C18 fitted
cupboards. 14 C19 plank doors, 2 with wooden latches.

Listing NGR: SK7549143320

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536462

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability