Description

SOUTH BRENT CHURCH STREET SX 6960

14/82 Manor House

9-2-61

- II

Former Manor House. Circa early C16. Whitewashed stone rubble. Welsh slate roof with gabled ends, heightened at north east end. Two storeys. Approximately five window range. C19 and C20 sashes and casements. Two storey, gabled porch to right of centre with chamfered two-centred arch doorway and large four-centre arch window above with C19 window-frame. Stair turret in the angle to the left and projecting chimney stack in the angle on front wall to the right. Also chimney stacks at gable ends. Gabled stair turret at higher end at rear. Doorway and windows at rear with chamfered wooden lintels. Dated 1802. Priory outbuilding range at lower end to left (south west) now part of house. Interior: At lower end a wide open fireplace with deeply chamfered wooden bressummer. Interior: Formerly an open half with later floor inserted. Stone newel staircase beside front porch at lower end and wooden newel stairs at higher end with ovolo moulded wooden doorframe at top. Hall fireplace on front wall has chamfered granite jambs and C20 blocking. Large open fireplace at lower end with long stopped chamfer wooden bressummer and oven. Closely-spaced joists at lower end supported on new cross-beam. Most, if not all, the roof trusses have been replaced.

Listing NGR: SX6964360224

External Links

• Wikidata Q26610989

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)