Description

STRETTON ON DUNSMORE CHURCH HILL SP47SW (North side) 5/50 The Manor House 06/10/60 (Formerly listed as Manor House)

- II

House. C16 with C19 range to left; altered early C19 and mid/late C19. Colourwashed roughcast, probably over timber framing. Old plain-tile roof; old brick ridge stack to centre, and C20 brick ridge and end stacks. Irregular U-plan extended to F-plan with range to left, and wing to rear; possibly originally a hall house. storeys; 8-window range. Large gabled late C19/early C20 porch in angle to left. Whitewashed rusticated lower part, possibly of concrete blocks; upper part has sham framing of close studding with roughcast infill. Leaded part-glazed door and flanking lights. C19 wood mullioned and transomed windows and some casements, with glazing bars throughout. Centre has 2 tall 2-light casements and 3-light window above. Small one-light casement to left and right of porch gable. Right cross-wing is one storey and attic. Large 2-storey canted bay has tall 2-light casements. Left cross-wing has 3-light window, and 2 cross windows above. Gables have plain bargeboards. Left range has large canted bay to ground floor with 2-light casement. 3-light and cross windows above. Small conservatory on left has similar glazing. Interior has some exposed close studding with plastered infill. Room to right has moulded beam with ogee stop and C19/C20 panelling. Room to rear of right wing has C16/C17 moulded stone fireplace with Tudor arch and sunk spandrels, and C18/C19 decorated cast-iron grate. Built-in corner cupboard has panelled door. Early C19 straight-flight and winder staircase with stick balusters and column newel. 2 first-floor rooms have chamfered arched braces. Another room has plaster barrel vault.

Listing NGR: SP4063672593

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings