THE MANOR HOUSE

THE MANOR HOUSE, SWINGBRIDGE STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1061466
Date first listed:: 21-Jul-1951
List Entry Name:: THE MANOR HOUSE
Statutory Address:: THE MANOR HOUSE, SWINGBRIDGE STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1061466
Date first listed:: 21-Jul-1951
List Entry Name:: THE MANOR HOUSE
Statutory Address 1:: THE MANOR HOUSE, SWINGBRIDGE STREET

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: THE MANOR HOUSE, SWINGBRIDGE STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Leicestershire
District:: Harborough (District Authority)
Parish:: Foxton
National Grid Reference:: SP 70039 89757

Details

SP 78 NW FOXTON SWINGBRIDGE STREET (north west side) 5/21 The Manor House 21.7.51 GV II

House. Possibly C14. Mid C17, partly rebuilt mid C18, C20 alterations. Brick and stone. Swithland and Welsh slate roofs. Ridge stack and gable stack with stone base. Chamfered stone plinth. T-plan. East front: 2½ storeys, 3 bays. Central doorway with C20 brick porch with Ceanarveon arched doorway with panel door. To left, a 3-light casement with cambered arch. To right, a C20 4-light casement with concrete lintel. Above, when brickwork replaces stone, to left, two 2-light casements and to right a 3-light casement all with cambered arches. Above again, 2 smaller 2-light casements, both with cambered arches. At right, a lower 2-storey, 2-bay addition with gable stack, chamfered stone plinth and stone- work to a height of c 2.5 m, thereafter brick. Off-centre doorway with C20 glazed door. To right, a 3-light casement with cambered arch. Above, two 2-light case- ments with cambered arches. Rear wing: C17, stone. Brick coped gables, with brick ridge stack. 2 storeys with basement. North wall has 2 arched doorways, possibly C14 with steps half below ground level, to basement. Between these, a C20 flight of steps rising to C20 French windows with wooden lintel. West gable wall has chamfered plinth with a 2-light casement above with wooden lintel. Above, a similar window. South wall has chamfered plinth. Above to right, a 2-light casement with wooden lintel and above, a gabled dormer with 2-light case- ment. In angle between rear wing and front range, an outshut, continuing plinth, with above, a 3-light casement with mid C17 stone mullions. Above, brick replaces stone and there is a sliding sash. All windows are C20 replacements. Interior: Lower 2-storey range has C18 chamfered main beam with joists on ground floor and straight staircase to upper floor,, which has C18 king post truss and was originally used for agricultural purposes. Outshut has C18 joists on ground floor. Rear wing, upper floor has 2 upper cruck trusses with side purlins, also C18. East facing range, first floor has mid C17 stone fireplace with moulded chimneypiece. Attached ancillary ranges, formerly for agricultural use and of no special architectural interest, run north and east of house. A datestone inscribed 1397, which may have come from an earlier building upon this site has been reset in a nearby garage of no special architectural interest. VCH, V, 90.

Listing NGR: SP7003989757

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Legacy System number:: 191346
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.