Description

FENNY COMPTON NORTHEND ROAD SP4052 (North side) 6/75 Manor House and attached 30/05/67 stable (Formerly listed as Manor House)

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Manor house and attached stable. Mid C17; alterations and additions mid/late C19; stable dated 1829. Ashlar and regular coursed ironstone. Tile roof has coped gable parapets and moulded kneelers; stone ridge and end stacks with string courses and cornices. T-plan, with cross wing on right. 2 storeys; 8-window range. Entrance in central symmetrical 5-window range has doorway with chamfered jambs. Hood mould, stepped up in centre over rounded sunk panel possibly a datestone but now illegible. C19 part-glazed 6-panelled door. Mid/late C19 tile hood with wooden struts interrupting hood mould. C19 three-light stone-mullioned and transomed window and to left and right. First floor and right wing have 2-light stone-mullioned windows. Hood moulds throughout; wing has hood mould continued across wall between ground floor windows. 2-window right wing projects only slightly. Steep gable with cross vent. Mid/late C19 one-window range on left, of rougher stonework. Ground floor has 2 windows with chamfered jambs. First floor has 3-light casement. Left return side has stable door with segmental arch. Right return side of wing: 2-window range. 2-light mullions. Rear irregula. Interior not inspected. Stable attached on left has quatrefoil with chamfered jambs. First floor has 3-light casement. Left return side has stable door with segmental arch. Right return side of wing: 2-window range. 2-light mullion windows. Rear irregular. Interior not inspected. Stable attached on left has quatrefoil Farmhouse, now 2 houses. Early C18, with early C19 additions at each end, continuing roof line. Coursed limestone. Concrete tile roof; brick end ridge and internal stacks. 5-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. No.1 Mill Hill Cottages, on left, has mid/late C20 plank door and hood on shaped brackets. Central section has 2 three-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows. Right end has C19 casement with painted wood lintel. Left end has small C20 window on each floor. First floor has 2 old casements. Left return side has rendered gable. C19 casements. Right return side has entrance to Cobbers Keep, with C20 glazed door and hood on shaped brackets. Sash above. Attic window. Rear irregular five C20 flat-roofed roof dormers.

Listing NGR: SP4175852558

External Links

• Wikidata Q26638308

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)