Description

PARISH OF ECKINGTON LIGHTWOOD LANE (Off)
SK 38 SE
1/92
Mansion House Farmhouse
31.1.67 (formerly listed as
Lightwood)
GV II
Farmhouse. Early C17, late C17 and restored 1981-3. Coursed
coal measures sandstone with quoins, coped gables, gable and
side wall stacks, and a stone slated roof. T-plan house, of at
least two builds. South elevation, two storeys and attics and
two storeys, two bays, with advanced gabled range to west end,
having stacked recessed chamfer mullioned windows, all beneath
hoodmoulds with stops. Ground floor window, formerly of
4-lights, now with only a single mullion remaining. 3-light
first floor window, and 2-light attic window. Doorway to side
range with quoined surround, massive lintel, and planked C20
door, the quoins to the west side of the doorway being partially
obscured by the adjacent range. To the east of the doorway, a
former 4-light recessed chamfer mullioned window, now with a
single mullion remaining beneath a hoodmould with stops. C20
joinery throughout. 4-light chamfer mullioned window beneath a
hoodmould survives on the west side wall, and a 3-light window
to the north rear wall. Other openings are recent additions.
Single storey addition to west links building to adjacent barn.
Interior. The principal range is divided internally by plank
and muntin screens. At ground floor level, C17 square panelling
has been planted on the back of the panelling. in the same room
there are remains of plaster cornice moulds. The roof structure
comprises tie beam trusses without collars or struts, carrying
double purlins and a ridge purlin. The building was restored
1980-83, when part of a cruck truss was found in the north gable
wall, together with a 3-light timber mullioned window.

Listing NGR: SK3789481955

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648565

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)