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Manor House

A Grade II Listed Building in West Overton, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.412 / 51°24'43"N

Longitude: -1.8094 / 1°48'33"W

OS Eastings: 413349

OS Northings: 168122

OS Grid: SU133681

Mapcode National: GBR 4X4.KB1

Mapcode Global: VHB45.LR8Y

Plus Code: 9C3WC56R+Q6

Entry Name: Manor House

Listing Date: 27 February 1958

Last Amended: 2 September 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1365932

English Heritage Legacy ID: 311401

ID on this website: 101365932

Location: West Overton, Wiltshire, SN8

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: West Overton

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

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Description


SU 16 NW WEST OVERTON VILLAGE CENTRE
(east end)
9/149 Manor House
(Formerly listed as the
27.2.58 Old Manor)
GV II
House. C16 and C17. Sarsen with timber framed and tile hung upper
floor. Brick cross wing on stone moulded sill. Thatched roof.
Two storeys and attic, 3 bays, with 4-bay cross wing at east end,
refurbished C20. Door central to south side; 4-panelled with C18
canopied brick porch, the inner door moulded with 3-centred head.
Flanking windows C19 replacing C17 ovolo moulded stone windows, of
which one partly survives on south, three at west gable end, and
two smaller windows on north. Upper floor has C18 leaded ovolo
timber casements. C20 conservatory at angle with cross wing, the
latter originally a barn and now with two 2-light stone-mullioned
windows at south end, re-set. Some later windows. Gable stacks,
the west stack rebuilt.
Interior: Partitions to through hall of narrow central bay of
timber framing. Library, at west end, has reset C17 panelling,
originally from Devon. A Manor building is recorded in the Earl of
Pembroke's estate papers in 1504.


Listing NGR: SU1334968122

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