Manor House Hotel
MANOR HOUSE HOTEL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1250501
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Manor House Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- MANOR HOUSE HOTEL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1250501
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Manor House Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- MANOR HOUSE HOTEL
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:
- MANOR HOUSE HOTEL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Torridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Woolfardisworthy
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 33159 21070
Details
WOOLFARDISWORTHY WOOLFARDISWORTHY SS 32 SW
5/226 Manor House Hotel
GV II
Hotel formerly house. Circa 1500 remodelled in circa early C17 considerably extended in C18 probably 1751 with further addition in later C20. Rendered stone rubble walls. Hipped slate roof. Brick stack at each end of front range and one axial to rear wing. Plan: the rear wing is in fact the earlier with the front part of it at least dating back to circa 1500 when it had an open hall with central hearth. This hall was floor with a stack inserted and either extended or reroofed in circa early C17. It may have been a 3-room-and-tnrough-passage house of which the lower end has been remodelled on the C18 front block. This may correlate to a datestone of 1751 found in an outbuilding with the initials of Bartholomew and Sarah Prust. It consists of 2 rooms with a central entrance hall and stair wing behind in angle with earlier rear wing. To the rear of this again a C20 extension was added. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 5-window front to C18 block of early C19 12-pane hornless sashes. Central possibly C18 doorcase with Doric columns, cornice and entablature and semi-circular fanlight over 6-panel door. At rear is wing behind left-hand end with hipped stair wing in angle between 2 ranges and C20 extension beyond. Interior: front range has early C19 moulded ceiling band in right-hand room with flowers in corners and corresponding pilastered architraves to windows. C18 open string staircase with turned balusters, column newels and wreathed handrail. Front room of rear wing has re-used late C17 bolection moulded panels applied to the walls and a contemporary moulded wooden cornice with dentils below. The room behind has a good quality intersecting moulded beamed ceiling of circa early C17. Above this room is one original smoke-blackened roof truss with plastered over feet which has a yoke at the apex and had a morticed collar and threaded purlins. Beyond it is a C17 roof truss with collar halved on with dovetail lap-joint. To the rear of this is a thick full-height wall with signs in the plaster of a barrel ceiling. Beyond it again is another C17 roof truss. This building shows an interesting development of plan form with some good quality features and it occupies a prominent position in the centre of the village.
Listing NGR: SS3316521071
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 432889
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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