Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6683 MILL STREET, Broadwey
873-1/8/443 (North side)
14/06/74 The Old Manor House

GV II

House, now residential home. Mainly c1850, incorporating some
earlier fabric. Coursed squared stone with dressed flush
quoins, slate roof.
PLAN: L-plan with coped gables to S and E on bold kneelers,
and a long rear range facing the W end of the Church of St
Nicholas (qv).
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, stone hollow-chamfer mullioned casements,
some with label courses. The left gable is brought forward and
has a carved coat of arms on a diagonal ground above a 3-light
casement with label; at the ground floor is an octagonal bay
with stone mullions, and crenellated top. A small light has
been inserted to the right of the first-floor window, and the
return to the right has a single light above aa part-glazed
door in a moulded 4-centred head. The wing to the right has a
3-light at each level, with label to the ground floor. The E
gable, facing the church, has a small louvred vent above
3-light casements at each level.
The rear range is in rubble, with 2- or 3-light casements, and
a central glazed door. There are octagonal paired stacks to
the left of the main front, and rear of the right wing. At the
eaves are cast-iron ogee gutters, carried on stone modillions
with carved lion heads.
INTERIOR: ground floor only inspected. It has substantial late
C19 or early C20 detailing, including a stick baluster
staircase with tapered newels, and various doors with
linenfold panelling. The room to the rear of the staircase, in
the rear wing, is fully panelled. Some modifications have been
made to accommodate institutional use, but much of good
quality is retained.

Listing NGR: SY6675583531

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619138

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)