Description

TF 03 SW ROPSLEY & HUMBY LITTLE HUMBY
Humby
6/66 Old Manor House
(formerly listed as Moores
19-2-52 Farm House)

II

Farm house: c.1631 with 1791 addition and extensive C19 restoration. Coursed
limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins, pantile roof with over-
hanging eaves with rendered brick gable wall stacks. 2 storey with attics,
3 bay front with plinth and moulded string course. Central C19 ribbed door
with reeded stone surround and slight 4 centre arched head. Over door is a
decorative carved panel with 3 fleur de lys and date "1631 WB IB SB", possibly
reset. To left a 5 light cavetto moulded mullioned window and a deeper 4 light
mullion window with glazing bar casements. Above door is a 3 light mullion
window flanked by single 4 light mullion window, all with cornices. In the
roof 2 C19 gabled dormers with 3 light mullion windows with leaded lights and
cornices. The gables and dormers have barge-boards. To the right a single
storey single bay extension with glazing bar 3 light casement with timber lintel.
Datestone to rear of 1791. Interior has 2 C17 moulded beams, that in the
hall having a deep moulded wall plaque.

Listing NGR: TF0030032925

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552730

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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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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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)