Description

SHALFLEET

SZ48NW A 3054
1354-0/6/254 Shalfleet Manor
02/08/57

GV II*

Manor house. Left hand part probably late C16 with added porch
dated 1680, right hand part early C17, with alterations of
early C19 and additional C20 porch to rear. Built of Island
stone rubble with modern tiled roof. Left hand section is of 2
storeys 5 bays. Central projecting gabled porch with moulded
coping and brackets, the apex dated 1680. 1 2-light mullion to
1st floor. Ground floor has round-headed arched door with
early C19 double door, the top 4 panels glazed, the bottom 2
panels with reeded design. 4 double stone mullioned windows
with metal framed casements with pintle hinges. Ground floor
has 4 20-pane early C19 sashes. Deep plinth. Left side gable
has kneelers. Right side section is of higher elevation, 2
storeys 1 bay. 1st floor window is C17 3-light mullion. Ground
floor window is early C19 tripartite sash with 20 panes. End
quoins to left. Right side elevation has deep plinth. Traces
of blocked in large C17 window to attic. 12-light sash to
ground floor. Rear windows are early C19 with a rear addition
dated 1824 with 2 paired Gothic windows and a C20 addition and
porch. Study has fine early C17 overmantel with 2 round-headed
arches with satyrs in spandrels flanked by panels with
grotesque masks and underneath a strapwork band with grotesque
masks. Around the fireplace is a band of Tudor roses and
cornucopiae with oak leaves and grotesque masks. Paired fluted
Composite columns. Plank and muntin panelling with modillion
cornice. Lounge has late C16 or early C17 stone 4 centred
arched fireplace. Dining Room has spine beam of 1680 and 1824
fireplace with reeded band and paterae and 2 china cupboards.
Kitchen of 1824 with brick breadoven. Early C19 curved
staircase with stick balusters and scrolled tread ends.
Upstairs are 3 inch chamfered beams with lambs tongue stops.
One of the original Domesday Manors.
(C W R Winter: The Manor Houses of the Isle of Wight: 131 -
135).

Listing NGR: SZ4141089391

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555912

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)