Description

SK 78 NW CLAYWORTH ST. PETER'S LANE
(west side)
1/17 Royston Manor
House
28.2.52
II

Manor house, now Hotel. 1588, rebuilt 1891, with C19 additions.
Coursed squared rubble and brick, rendered with hipped pantile
roof. Rubble plinth and quoins, rendered eaves, balustrade,
coped gables with kneelers. 2 roof, 2 rear wall and single side
wall stacks. 2 storeys plus garrets, 6 bays. Windows are mostly
C19 mullioned and transomed casements. West front has doorway
with chamfered surround and overlight, flanked to left by a
single casement and to right by a 3 light casement. Above, 3
casements of different sizes, and above again, a single flat
roofed dormer. Main south front has 3 projecting full height
gabled bays and 2 storey flat roofed extruded corner to left.
Off-centre C20 lean-to glazed porch, flanked by 2 large
casements. Above, 5 casements of different sizes. Above again,
to left, small single casement. East front has central C20 glazed
lean-to porch containing C19 Tudor arched moulded doorway with
flanking light. Flanked by single casements and to left by
another single casement. Above, 4 casements. At rear, C19 link,
2 storeys, 2 bays, and higher C19 2 storey, 2 bay service wing,
brick with pantile roofs. Single side wall stack and 2 gable
stacks, one external. C20 external stair to first floor door.
Interior has C19 moulded cornices and beams. Room in south west
corner has C16 moulded Tudor arched fireplace with fragment of
Cl7 panelling above. Single Cl7 panelled cupboard door.

Listing NGR: SK7250688195

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577970

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)