Description

ELSFIELD
SP51SW
1/55 Manor House

GV II

Manor house. Early/mid C18, extended late C19. Limestone rubble with ashlar
dressings; ashlar; stone-slate roofs with stone and brick stacks. Double-depth
plan, extended. 2 storeys plus attics and basement. Original 3-window front,
with projecting full-height porch wing to right, has sashes in plain stone
architraves with keyblocks and a gabled roof dormer to left. Similar sashes in
double-gabled return wall to left. 3-window ashlar garden front, with
storeyband, has blind windows at basement level. Large late C19 range to right
of front has irregular stone-mullioned fenestration and an arched mullioned and
transomed window at the front. Interior: Fine early/mid C18 open-well stair with
ramped and wreathed handrails, open string with scrolled spandrel brackets and 3
turned balusters per tread; fireplace with eared architrave and heavily-carved
cornice; butt-purlin roof. The former home of John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir,
Governor-General of Canada.

Listing NGR: SP5397210175

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26573852

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)