Description

BURRINGTON
SS 61 NW

5/18
- Northcote Manor
9.6.52
- 11

Large house, now hotel. Late C17/early C18 origins (1716 date plaque removed)
remodelled and considerably enlarged in late C19. Unrendered stone rubble, roughly
coursed to original range, with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs with gable ends.
Tall ridge and gable end stacks with ashlar quoins, moulded caps and offsets.
Plan: Lower end and 2-storey porch survive of the C17 range at left end. In late
C19 the higher end of the house to the right of the porch was completely rebuilt as
a 2-bay gable-ended range with a large, asymmetrical gabled wing set at obtuse angle
incorporating imposing entrance porch was added to front upper end, creating an
overall L-shaped plan. At same time, a parallel service range with projecting porch
was added to the rear of the main range. C19 additions in Tudor style.
2 storeys. C17/early C18 core has 2-window range to left of porch. 16-paned
sashes, the left-hand window without horns, above similar sash to left of 4-light
casement with Gothick pointed arched glazing pattern. The windows have slightly
cambered arches and flush sash boxes. Hipped roof to 2-storey porch with 16-paned
sash over semi-circular arched doorway with dressed stone voussoirs.
Fenestration to C19 range principally stone cavetto mullions 2 panes per light, the
ground floor windows transomed with relieving arches. Range to right of 2-storey
.porch has 2-window range and canted bay to ground floor incorporating stone 4-
centred arched doorway. Wing at upper end asymmetrical with 3 gables with apex
finials stepping up in size from left to right. Single light window to left of 3-
light windows on each floor. Gabled entrance bay breaks forward slightly; this has
a straight-headed mullion window of two 4-centred arched lights with label hoodmould
above large 4-centred arched doorway with ogee-hollow moulded surround and heraldic
stone crest above. Original door of 2 studded leaves with cover strips. 2-storey
canted bay window to right.

Listing NGR: SS6259818539

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26611272

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback