Description

STEEPLE ASHTON CHURCH STREET
ST 95 NW
(off north side)
7/220 The Manor House
11.9.68
GV II*

Manor house. Dated 1647, for Bennett family. Limestone ashlar
front, Flemish bond brick returns, stone slate roof with triple
gabled front, ashlar stacks with moulded cappings. Two-storey and
attic, 3-window. Central gabled stone porch with bolection-moulded
doorway, ledged and studded door, open pediment over, ball finial
to coped verge. Single-light moulded casement and 3-light moulded
mullioned casement with dripstone either side. First floor has
three 3-light mullioned casements with dripstones. Three attic
gables each with 2-light mullioned casement with dripstone,
saddleback coped verge with moulded finial, sundial to centre.
Right return has 2-light mullioned casements with dripstones and
bull's eyes, to right is large early C20 two-storey canted bay with
cross windows. Rear wing has gabled stone porch with 2-light
mullioned casement to first and 3-light to attic gable, first floor
raised early C20. Left return has early C20 bow-fronted porch,
C20 mullioned casement to left, 2-light mullioned casements and
bull's eyes to first and attic floors. Rear range has C20
mullioned casements, early C20 single-storey extension to right.
Central courtyard filled in c1900, mullioned window lighting stairs
recently uncovered (February 1987).
Interior retains good framed newel stairs with closed string,
turned balusters, moulded handrail and square newels, 6-panelled
doors in moulded architraves. Room to, right of entrance has reset
wainscot panelling, large bolection moulded fireplace. Ovolo-
moulded beams in the hall. Bennett family acquired the manor in
1624, built this house in 1647, sold the estate to Richard Long of
Rood Ashton (q.v.) in 1799.
(VCH, Wiltshire, Vol 8, 1965)

Listing NGR: ST9070357168

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544067

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Recommended Books

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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)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)