Description

SO 83 NE HOLDFAST HOLDFAST
2/2
25-3-68
Holdfast Manor
(formerly listed as
GV Manor House)

II

House C1700 recasing earlier building and extended to rear c1800. Red brick with
hipped plain tile roof. H plan 2 storey and attic. Projecting wings of one window
range with hipped dormer, centre of 5 windows with 3 dormers and an eaves chimney
stack. Centre has floor band. Wooden cross windows with gauged brick heads. One
window range in return of wings. Windows of West wing different proportion to those
of East wing. Projecting brick porch with pedimented doorcase a later addition. West
side has 2 side wall stacks and long stair window. Rear centre apparently originally
early C18 with parapet and stone cornice visible above early C19 3 window range with
reset C18 doorcase. Side wings have coped parapets and sash windows with gauged brick
heads, the left wing a recasing of earlier range, the right wing probably all early
C19. Interior: one room with C17 beamed ceiling and stone fireplace. Early C18
staircase in West wing.

Listing NGR: SO8512737997

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26563885

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Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  For the Record
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990