Description

TL 511 084 MAGDALEN LAVER 5/21 Magdalen Laver Hall 11.12.79

- II

Manor house of C17 origin, mainly late C18. Main range of plastered brickwork, rear wing timber framed and plastered, roofed with slate. Consists of main range aligned approx. E-W, aspect S, with 2 external chimney stacks on rear wall and one on W end, late C18, and rear wing at W end with one internal chimney stack, comprising the residue of a C17 house. Single storey lean-to extension in the angle, roofed with handmade red clay tiles, C19. 2 storeys. S elevation, central 6-panel door with porch consisting of 2 fluted Composite wooden columns and pilasters and C20 pedimented roof. 4-window range of double- hung sashes of 12 lights, late C18, fording a symmetrical composition. Low- pitched roof, fully hipped. Staircase with rosewood rail and 2 slender square balusters to each tread, scrolled tread ends. Interior 6-panel doors complete. Sash windows on ground floor have double-hung shutters below the sills, complete and in working order. Some crown glass in these windows. Bolection moulded wooden fire surround in W ground floor room, moved from elsewhere in the house in C20. No framing exposed in rear wing except plain-chamfered ceiling beams.

Listing NGR: TL5113208375

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