Listing Text

SK 46 SE TEVERSAL BUTTERY LANE
(south side)
1/15A Teversal Manor
GV II
Small country house. C16, late C17 altered 1764 and largely remodelled
by MacVicar Anderson in 1896 in a Neo-Jacobean style. Coursed and dressed
rubble stone with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs with ashlar coped gables
and kneelers with ball finials. Chamfered plinth and eaves band. 9 moulded
stacks with double chamfered tops. 2 storey plus attic. Entrance front
has projecting 2 storey porch with large four-centred archway containing
double panel doors in a glazed surround, and a hood mould with stops. Above
a 3 light cross mullion window with flat hood, and above in the gable, a
small square plaque containing a shield and the date 1764. South, garden
front. 7 irregular bays. Western section 1896 5 bays with 2 central sets
of double glazed doors within chamfered surrounds. Flanked by single 4 light
and beyond single 2 light cross mullion windows. Above 4, 4 light mullion
window. All openings have flat hoods. Above 4 gables, those in the centre
smaller. To the left a single C17 bay with 2 C18 bays beyond. To the left
2, 3 light double chamfered mullion windows and then a 4 light cross mullion
window with double glazed doors inserted. Above a 2 light window to left
and 2, 3 light mullion windows to the right. Above again in the left gable
a single light chamfered window, and to the right a small dormer. The present
kitchen wing to the east contains the oldest sections of the house, with
a single C17 3 light mullion window on the upper floor. Interior, main rooms
of 1896 have various re-used C18 fireplaces, notably that in the Drawing
Room. Good quality Neo-Jacobean staircase. The kitchen wing has massive cham-
fered spine beams, and the upper floor has a fine bolection moulded fireplace
of c.1700. The eastern wing has various rooms with C19 panelling incorporating
various sections and cupboards c.1700 plus some good plain fireplaces. The
smoking room has an unusual Art Nouveau style wooden fireplace. The cellars
contain a large stone salting table. The remodelling by MacVicar Anderson
was carried out for the Hon. Henrietta Molyneaux.

Listing NGR: SK4830461815