Manor House

Details

HAWLING HAWLING VILLAGE SP 02 SE 9/30 Manor House 4.7.60 GV II Manor House. C16, C17, mid C18, 1835 (datestone), altered C20. Coursed, squared stone, main part, ashlar to C18 wing, stone slate roof. 'E' plan, 4-window centre, 5-window right wing, left wing same length, off-centre wing to rear, all one room deep, 2 1/2 storeys. Entrance front: left wing, gable, 4-light mullion and transom window ground floor, 3-light mullion above, with hoodmould, 2-light mullion in gable, datestone over; parapet gable with cross-gablet apex. Right return, plinth, 4-light mullioned window with 2-light window each side; above three 2-light windows, all with hoodmoulds; decorative lead box gutter on wrought-iron brackets. Main wing, 2-storey porch off centre to left: 4- centred arch to doorway, sunk spandrels, hoodmould: string course over. Either side, plinth, 4-light mullion and transom window, hoodmould. Above, 3-light mullion window to porch, square plaque above, both with hoodmoulds, parapet gable, cross-gablet apex. Either side 4-light mullion window, with hoodmould: single-light in corner on right. Lead box gutter over, 4 gabled dormers, each with 2-light casement. Ridge chimney on line of right return left wing, 2 diagonally-set flues. Two chimneys from rear of block. On right C18 wing; left return, plinth, central doorway, 'L' hinges, fanlight, moulded surround, open stone pediment on consoles. Either side 2 sash windows, moulded surround, cambered head, keystone, rising to short moulded string over each window. First floor, 5 windows as below but with string; moulded stone eaves, lead gutter. Chimney on ridge at junction with main wing, 2 diagonally-set flues. Gable end, plinth, one window per floor as ground floor, left return; elliptical window in gable with moulded surround and 3 keystones. Parapet gable: chimney on right return. Interior: upper floors not inspected. C20 panelling to entrance and stair hall, Jacobean-style doors, also fireplace to stair hall at rear. Dogleg stairs, panelled, square newels, ball finials, moulded handrail, ramped to newels, spiral balusters (all early C20 or reset). To right of entrance 5-bay room, exposed beam and ceiling joists, originally 2 rooms; panelling as entrance. C18 wing, 6-panel doors; moulded plaster cornice to first room, eared fireplace surround with pulvinated frieze. Central dogleg stairs, marquetry strip on nosings, 3 turned balusters per tread, ramped, moulded handrail, square newels, dado panelling. End room fielded panelling, eared fireplace surround, decoration leaf carving over, eared overmantel: moulded plaster cornice. Cellar below end room only. Whole of right wing first half C18, probably circa 1740 as oval windows match stables (q.v.). Left wing built to contain kitchen, 1835; at least gable windows all date from after 1911, when there was a boarded door to first floor with flight of stone steps: Windows on 3 floors either side of porch altered at same time to make facade symmetrical. (Photograph at N.M.R.; D. Verey, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, 1970).

Listing NGR: SP0628522916

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Sources

Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)

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