Old Manor Farmhouse

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ST 77 SW WICK AND ABSON C.P. MANOR ROAD (east side)

8/403 Old Manor Farmhouse 24.4.85 G.V. II

Farmhouse, now house. C15 origin, early C17 rear wing, later C17 addition to right, later C19 and C20 additions and alterations. Limestone rubble, pantiled roofs, brick stacks. Originally open-hall house, 2 bays remaining, formerly extended further to left, wing to rear and right forming L-plan. West front of 2 storeys, two 2-light C19 casements with timber lintels at ground floor, to left formerly door, gable end of 2nd addition to right has 2-light casement at ground and first floor and buttress to left. Left return has gable end of hall to right, straight joint to rear wing to left, gable end of rear wing projecting above roof-level of hall; gable end of hall has central stack, with 2-light casement to each side at ground floor, formerly were 2 doors to right, stack probably re-positioned and wall partially re-built; line in gable showing roof raised; at first floor, 2-light casement also with re-built stonework below, formerly door to 2nd room at first floor after open hall was floored in. 2-storey rear wing to left has two 2-light casements at ground floor with timber lintel and French window, 2 similar windows at first floor and small blocked window under eaves to right. Right return of wing to right has C20 door with buttress to each side small 4-pane casement to right and 2-light casement, 2 blocked windows at first floor under eaves; to rear, 2-light basement at ground and first floor. In angle of L-plan, a 2-storey flat-roofed C19 addition, to right return has 2 ground floor and 3 first floor 2-light casements, 2-light casement and door to rear, and similar first floor window. Inner side of rear wing has small 2-light casement with timber lintel at ground and first floor; to rear, a similar casement at ground floor, formerly door, blocked window at first floor right and small attic light. Interior: ground floor room of former hall has framed ceiling in 4-sections with heavy deep-chamfered beams, inserted stack to right; at first floor 2 bays of roof visible, one double collar with arched-braces, all chamfered, one row of purlins, one pair of windbraces to rear slope, 2 pairs to front, half curtailed where hall formerly extended further, one purlin with carpenter's mark, III. First floor room of addition to front right has ceiling higher than that of hall roof. Rear wing has 2 rooms, ground floor centre room has deep-chamfered beams with step and scroll stops, fireplace with cambered lintel, room to rear has one stopped beam, others boxed; at first floor, centre room has bar and scroll stopped beams, chamfered, room to rear has similar beams, beam along dividing wall supported on corbel, fireplace to rear with fine plaster overmantel, with 3 round-headed panels, central shield with 3 chevrons, winged cherub to each side. Addition to front right has at ground floor chamfered beams with step and run-out stops, fireplace with cambered lintel, formerly had pigeon holes in original external wall of hall, one remaining.

Listing NGR: ST7027372429

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