Details
SK 6943
11/54
EAST BRIDGFORD
KNEETON ROAD
(north west side)
The Manor House and attached walls
G.V.
II
Manor house. Now Old People's Home. c.1740 and c.1820. Brick,
stuccoed, with hipped slate roof. Ashlar dressings. Ashlar
plinth, moulded eaves, pediment and parapet. 7 ridge and 2 gable
stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Square plan plus rear wing. Windows
are glazing bar sashes. East front has projecting pedimented
central bay with flat roofed parapeted porch with double
pilasters and dentillated cornice. Double doors. To left,
blocked opening. Flanked by 2 sashes. Above, to left, 2 sashes.
To their right, 2 sashes flanked by single blocked openings.
Rear wing has to east, 2 C19 casements and above, 2 sashes.
south front has, to left, rear wing and 2 small brick lean-to
additions. To left, doorway with elliptical head, and to its
right, 2 casements and 2 sashes. To right again, C20 door with
round headed tile surround and fanlight, and a sash. Above, to
left, 4 casements and to right, 4 sashes. North front has 5 full
height sashes with blind boxes. Above, 5 smaller similar sashes,
the central one a dummy. Return angle to north west has late C19
ashlar loggia with 2 square and 2 round piers, cornice and
parapet. Below, French window flanked to left by single and to
right by 2 full height sashes. Above, to left, door with
overlight and to right, a sash and a French window. Return angle
has to north, late C19 fenestration and above, to left, bell on
bracket. Adam style interior has curved winder stair with
scrolled handrail. Drawing room has full height panelling with
moulded margins. Library has full height plaster panelling with
fasces borders and rebated corners. 2 simple Adam style
fireplaces, plain ashlar fireplace, Classical marble fireplace
with pilasters, paterae and urns. Outside, adjoining brick
boundary wall to west has plain slab coping and segmental headed
gateway with ornate C19 wrought iron gate. Approx. 75m long.
Adjoining boundary wall to south, L-plan, brick with slab coping,
has to east a plank door with segmental head. Approx. 100m long.
Listing NGR: SK6933643631
