The Manor House
THE MANOR HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1261640
- Date first listed:
- 09-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Manor House
- Statutory Address:
- THE MANOR HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1261640
- Date first listed:
- 09-Oct-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Manor House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE MANOR HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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 MANOR HOUSE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Normanton and Altofts
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 38753 22678
Details
NORMANTON HIGH STREET SE 32 SE (east side) 2/53 No 129 (The Manor - House) - II
Farmhouse, now house Dated 1629 internally, altered. Coursed squared sandstone (mostly rendered), stone slate roof. L-plan, formed by 2-unit range on north-south axis with large one-unit wing in front of the lst, and with porch in angle. Two storeys; 2-storey gabled porch has a small window at ground floor (probably replacing former doorway), a 2-light double chamfered mullioned window above (and long lean-to addition to the right, containing present front door and one small window on each floor). Ridge chimney in line with porch. South gable wall recently rebuilt, with modern openings. The re-entrant of the wing has one horizontal rectangular window on each floor, the upper breaking a dripmould which carries round the gable wall (and probably formerly the north side also, but hacked off); the gable of this wing has 2 small windows at ground floor (one probably formerly a fire window) and a large gable chimney. The north side is altered. The rear of the main range has a small fire window on each floor in the centre, a 1st floor dripmould to the right, with a 5-light mullioned window on each floor (lower restored, and upper lacking central mullion), quoins to this corner, and roof hipped over this angle; inserted windows to the left. Interior: former lintel inside porch inscribed "1629"; large chamfered spine beams in north east room, another in west wing, supported on full-width bressummer, deep chimney stack in main range, with salt cupboard at 1st floor; brick partition to wing carried up into roafspace where it is furnished with 8 tiers of nest holes for an attic dovecote; near the gable wall of the wing, a large lateral beam, like the bressummer below it at ground floor (possibly remains of intended smoke bay).
Listing NGR: SE3875322678
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 437049
- 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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