Description

TL 46NW RAMPTON CHURCH END
(North Side)

5/122 The Manor House
31.8.62
II

Manor house, early and late C17. Timber frame, almost
completely cased in soft red brick, with broad mortar courses,
later in C17. Part of left hand crosswing at rear is rendered.
Plain tile roofs with original shaped end parapet to right hand
crosswing. The gable end of the left hand crosswing has been
rebuilt, but it was probably also shaped. Original projecting
side stack with offsets to each crosswing and a similar stack to
the rear wall of the centre range. The upper courses of the
stacks have been rebuilt and the shafts have been replaced in
the style of C17. Half H-plan, with the kitchen wing adjoining
the rear of the right hand crosswing. Two storeys. Hall range
has three brick band between storeys and hung sashes at first
floor and one tripartite hung sash at ground floor. The doorway
is in its original location at the low end of the ball, but the
doorcase is C19 and of plain pilasters and entablature. The
panelled door is also C19. Gable end of right hand crosswing
has sealed window opening above an original triangular pediment
of moulded brick. The windows at ground and first floor are
both C20. The left hand has been much rebuilt at first floor
level but retains the original band between the storeys. The
windows are also C20. An early C17 door has been reset in a
doorway at the rear of this crosswing. The adjoining kitchen
wing is of red brick and dates from the casing of the house.
Plain tiled with tumbled gable end parapet. Interior: The
timber framing is visible in part in both crosswings. There are
tabled scarf joints in the wall plates. Partition walls are
also framed. The roof over the right hand crosswing is of butt
purlin construction and that over the other crosswing is
similar. The roof over the hall range has been rebuilt. The
main entry is to a narrower hall and stairbay with the original
framed partition walls. This entry bay is at the low end of the
hall. The hall range has a rebuilt hearth at ground floor and
that at first floor has been removed. The original plaster
ceiling in the chamber over the hall is reported to be partially
intact but is now obscured by a later ceiling. The left hand
crosswing has an original red brick inglenook hearth and exposed
ceiling joists of C17, laid on edge. The right hand crosswing
has two early C17 clunch fireplaces. Both have four centred,
moulded arches with "onion" shaped stops, in square heads. The
fireplace at first floor is more intact.
N. Lloyd. History of the English House p.474 (fig. 882)
Cambridge Record Office. Map MS plans 177(R)

Listing NGR: TL4274268008

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616277

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)