The Manor House and Gatepiers
THE MANOR HOUSE AND GATEPIERS, LONDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1304257
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Manor House and Gatepiers
- Statutory Address:
- THE MANOR HOUSE AND GATEPIERS, LONDON ROAD
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- Date:
- 2001-06-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/04537/18
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1304257
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Manor House and Gatepiers
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE MANOR HOUSE AND GATEPIERS, LONDON ROAD
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 AND GATEPIERS, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Poulton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP1003700978
Details
POULTON LONDON ROAD
SP 10 SW
(west side)
5/105 The Manor House, and gatepiers
4.5.52
- I
Small square manor house. Late C17, variously attributed to John
Paget c.1700 and Peter Mills, one of the surveyors appointed to
supervise the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire c.1680.
Rubble stone, coursed and dressed on offset plinth to south-west
with alternating chamfered quoins, hipped and sprocketted stone
slate roof with wooden eaves cornice, large central stone stack
with moulded cornice and linked flues. Square range with lean-to
on south east side. Two storeys and attic. Front elevation to
south-west has 5 windows, 2-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion and
transoms with leaded lights. Four similar windows on ground floor
with continuous dripmould and central doorcase of moulded stone
with cornice and large segmental pediment. Door of 8 fielded
panels with side lights and plain 6-light fanlight. Rear elevation
has 2-light stone mullion windows and projecting stair tower of 16
storeys with hipped roof. Front and rear have one, sides two
hipped dormers with wooden cornices and bedmould and paired leaded
casements.
Interior: Rear staircase has thick turned balusters and square
newel posts. Article in Country Life, Vol 159 by Marcus Binney
(1976) describes interior, which includes living room with exposed
beam and Doric pilasters flanking fireplace, mid C18 fireplace
from Clutton House, Kingston-upon-Thames, in dining room, most
original oak or elm floorboards, most upstairs rooms with panelling
in window reveals and window seats, but interior not accessible at
time of survey (June 1985).
Gate piers of ashlar, square with offset plinth to front, moulded
cornice with ball finial on saddlestone base. Approximately 2m
total height, attached on each side to coursed rubble stone wall
with flat coping, which joins lean-to on south-east of house on
right.
Listing NGR: SP1003700978
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 129404
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 159, (1976)
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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