Description

MEDMENHAM FERRY LANE
SU 88 SW
(west side)
The Manor House
8/113
21.6.55
GV II

House. Mid C15, altered C17, and extensively restored 1903 by
Sir Reginald Blomfield for Hudson Ewbanke Kearley of Wittington.
Whitewashed roughcast with some half timbering; plain tile roofs;
brick chimneys, that to right of centre partly of thin brick, that
to left rebuilt with recessed panel. 2 storeys, the upper jettied
on brackets. 5 bays. Bays 1, 2, 4 and 5 are gabled and projecting.
1903 leaded casements. Outer bays have large gables, 2 paired casements
to ground floor, and gabled oriel windows to first floor. Bays 2
and 4 have smaller gables and paired casements, bay 2 with 1903
door in 4-centred arch. Centre bay has 2 and 3-light casements to
ground floor, and 2-light gabled dormer. Ground floor windows in right
bays have 1903 board shutters with pierced heart motifs. Right side
has narrow central projection and 1903 extension with flint and
brick lower walls and half-timbered upper storey. RCHM describes
central hall as retaining C15 arched truss. Interior not available
for inspection 1985.
Possibly the house mentioned in will of Geoffrey Pole (grandfather
of Cardinal Pole), 1479. RCHM I p. 255-256 Mon. 3. VCH III p. 85-86.

Listing NGR: SU8049984371

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597394

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)