Description

CHURCH STRETTON

SO49NE ALL STRETTON
1312-1/2/29 The Manor House
04/07/52

GV II

Farmhouse, then maltings and then lodging house, restored as
house in 1920s. c1600, altered C18, restored C20. Painted
timber frame with painted infill panels, painted render with
one bay of painted imitation timber frame, unpainted rubble
stone. Plain-tile roofs, parapeted east gable, 2 brick ridge
stacks with C20 profiled shafts. Roughly L-shaped on plan of
3-bay main range and 3-bay cross wing, with later extension
wings.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. North side has gable-end of cross wing in
centre, main range to left, rubble stone extension wing to
right. Heavily restored square framing with diagonal
ornamental bracing forming lozenge pattern at first floor,
close studding with middle rail at ground-floor level, the
pattern repeated on the left return side of the projecting
gable. Gable-end with a jettied first floor with bressumer
supported with curved brackets; gable truss of cambered tie
beam, collar with vertical struts with diagonal patterned
bracing below and twin raking struts over. C20 restored
casement windows with leaded lights. East gable of rendered
brick with parapet surmounted by 3 ornamental ball finials.
C20 lattice casement windows and additions to rear.
INTERIOR: north gable room has reset carved overmantel dated
1623 and reset carved panelling. Chamfered bridging beams and
cross bridging beams with ogee chamfer stops. Twin
trenched-purlin roofs with ridge pieces. Internal trusses of
collar and vertical struts.
The building was only known as the Manor House when restored
as a house in the 1920s.

Listing NGR: SO4600795613

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663180

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)