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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610989

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)