The Old Manor House
THE OLD MANOR HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1198776
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1955
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Manor House
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD MANOR HOUSE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1198776
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Manor House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD MANOR HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD MANOR HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hailey
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 35853 12490
Details
HAILEY POFFLEY END SP3512 22/113 The Old Manor House 12/09/55 (Formerly listed as Old Manor House) GV II* House. Late C15/early C16 to left; extended and remodelled c.1600; late C18 range to right. Coursed limestone rubble; rendered front, and some C17 rendering to rear gable. Gabled stone slate roof; stone ridge stack. Open hall house remodelled as T-plan with rear wing. One storey and attic; 2-window range. Bay to left: hood mould over 4-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned window, and C17 gabled roof dormer with partly restored 3-light wood-mullioned window. Two-storey-and-attic gable end to right: hood-mould over similar 2- and 3-light windows. Rear: gable to right with doveholes, similar 3-light window, 2-light wood diamond-mullioned attic window and 3-light ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned window. C18 mullioned windows to rear left. Rear wing of 2-storey, 2-window range of similar materials with stone and brick end stacks and doveholes: timber lintel over C20 door with old stone slate hood; hood moulds over 3-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned windows, 3-light ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned windows, and 3-light chamfered wood-mullioned window to right. Late C18 range to right, of similar materials, with rendered front and brick ridge and end stacks. 2-storey, 3-window range. Timber lintels over C20 door to left, double doors to right, and C19 first-floor casements. Interior: rear wing has stop-chamfered beams and butt-purlin roof. 2-unit front range: room to left has chamfered beam, stop-chamfered joists and open fireplace with chamfered wood bressumer and stone jambs, and C17 panelled door to lobby behind fireplace. Room to right has chamfered beam and stop-chamfered joists, similar fireplace, C17 plank doors to rear lobby and C17 winder stairs behind lobby, and chamfered C17 heavy pegged frames to 2 rear service doorways. First-floor room to left has similar fireplace and principles with mortices for truss of former early Cl6 hall house. C17 butt-purlin roof. Possibly remodelled by Robert Yate, c.1609. A well-preserved C17 interior. (David Sturdy, Houses of the Oxford Region, Oxonensia, Vol.27 (1962), p321-3)
Listing NGR: SP3585312490
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 252767
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Oxoniensia in Oxoniensia, Vol. 27, (1962), 321-3
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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