Description

SD 9672-9772 KETTLEWELL WITH STARBOTTON THE GREEN
(south side, off)
Kettlewell

21/98 The Manor House

10.9.54

GV II

House. Early-mid C18. Limestone rubble, ashlar dressings, graduated stone
slate roof. Main range of 2 storeys and 3 bays, with rear 2-bay wing
behind bays 1 and 2. Quoins. Central 6-panel door, the top 2 panels
glazed, in an elaborate architrave composed of flanking pilasters with
entablature and cornice, above this a panel flanked by 3 scrolls forming an
apron to the central first floor window which has a slightly eared
architrave. Sashes with glazing bars throughout, the flanking ground and
first-floor windows in slightly projecting plain surrounds, all with
projecting sills. Moulded stone gutter brackets, corniced end and ridge
stacks of 4 flues to right, 2 flues to left and between bays 2 and 3.
Rear: a 6-panel door to left of centre in a shouldered architrave with
keystone. A blocked doorway to left with partly destroyed lintel which has
the remains of a recessed plaque with the date "170_ " in relief. Fine
stair-window first-floor, centre with interlaced glazing bars in an
architrave with pilasters and alternate stressed voussoirs to round arch.
Left return: sashes with glazing bars to left, ground and first floor,
corbelled chimney stack. Rear wing: 2-panel door with tie-stone jambs:
windows restored. Projecting 2-bay wing, east facade: remains of a
blocked chamfered archway with inserted window to left; external steps
right to board door with plain lintel. Interior not inspected at resurvey,
but the house contains early panelled doors and shutters.

Listing NGR: SD9708772263

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583829

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)