Description

ARRETON

SZ58NW ARRETON STREET
1353-0/2/24 Horringford House
21/07/51
(Formerly Listed as:
SOUTH ARRETON
Horringford Manor)

GV II

House. C17 with early C18 Parlour wing built on front, early
C18 dairy to rear and minor C19 extension. Parlour wing dated
over porch 1718 with the initials W C M and a heart and
diamond motif, the initials relating to William and Marsha
Cromwell, the former a grandson of Oliver Cromwell. Built of
Isle of Wight stone rubble with hipped tiled roof and large
brick chimney-stack. L-shaped building. 2 storeys and attics 3
windows to principal front. Two 6-pane dormers 3 sashes,
9-pane on 1st floor and 12-pane on ground floor. Deep plinth.
Early C19 porch with clustered columns of lotus type,
projecting cornice with frieze of intersecting arches,
panelled reveals and 6 panelled door. C17 south wing has gable
end with kneelers, one C19 3-light casement and second blocked
in openings. Gable has C17 stone mullioned window and built on
mid C19 stuccoed and tiled lean-to with slate roof. Outshut on
right hand side to rear of C17 wing, an early C18 dairy to
right hand side of stone patched with brick in random bonding
pattern and stone end quoins. Ventilation panel above ground
floor windows. Interior south wing has large brick fireplace
with wooden surround, chamfered beam with run out stops and
winder staircase. Parlour wing has chamfered spine beams, 6
fielded panelled doors and curved staircase of early C19 type
with stick balusters, curved handrail, curved tread ends and
reeded band. No trace of an early C18 staircase said to have
been brought here from Knighton Gorges when the house was
demolished in 1820. Both staircases appear integral to the
house. A manorial site first mentioned in 1235.
(The Manor Houses of the Isle of Wight: C.W.R. Winter: 188;
V.C.H.: 143).

Listing NGR: SZ5442085366

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580253

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  For the Record
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)