Description

SK 17 SE PARISH OF GREAT LONGSTONE MAIN STREET
3/28 (South Side)
The Manor House
GV II

House. Early C17 and late C18, probably remodelled in 1920s. Rubble limestone with
gritstone dressings. Stone slate roofs. Stone coped gables with plain kneelers to
late C18 part. Two ridge and two gable end stacks. Two storeys. East elevation -
lower C17 part of seven irregular bays. Left to right, low square window, a C20
doorway and window in stone surround, C20 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion
window, 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, the sill lowered in C20.
Then two C20 canted bays with stone mullions and a doorway between them with stone
jambs and lintel. C20 plank doors. First floor has a 3-light recessed and
chamfered mullion window and a window on each side, set in a gabled dormer with
stone copings, plain kneelers and ball finials. That on the left is a 3-light,
recessed and chamfered window, whilst that on the right is a 3-light recessed and
chamfered window with transom. All windows with diamond leaded lights. Late C18
part to right, of three symmetrical bays. Central mid-C19 half glazed porch, the top
in outline of a Venetian window, approached by four stone steps with curved walls
and end piers. Doorway within with stone surround and half glazed door. Flanked on
each side by glazing bar sashes in stone surrounds with three similar above. Inside
the early C17 part a plaster ceiling with 'egg and dart' and Tudor Rose motifs which
may be original.

Listing NGR: SK1981671861

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597949

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