Ingleby Manor

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INGLEBY GREENHOW CHURCH BANK NZ 50 NE South-east side (off) 5/94 Ingleby Manor 5/5/52

GV II*

Manor house. C16 and C17, with C18, C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed squared stone, part herringbone-tooled; double Roman tile roof. Rectangular on plan with 2 internal courtyards, the range between the 2 courtyards probably originally an open hall, tower to north-west range. 2 storeys with partial attics and cellar; tower of 3 storeys. 7 x 12 bays. North-west elevations: central tower, of older stone, has C19 4-centred-arched panelled double door in segmental-arched reveal; 24-pane sash with tripartite lintel above; 2-light chamfered mullion windows with 8-pane sashes and hoodmould above again; string below embattled parapet; corniced ashlar stacks. To either side of tower are 3-bay wings, having chamfered surrounds to 24-pane sashes. Roof hipped with moulded kneelers, and stone coping,ridges and finials. Either side of tower, are C17 dormers, having 1-light windows with hoodmould, relief busts in tympana of shaped pediments, and decorative finials. Rear (south-east) elevations: a quoined doorway to either end, that on right with hoodmould; 2 former hollow-moulded mullion windows with hoodmoulds; inserted tripartite sash windows, one on right with monolithic lintel; central buttress below shouldered and corniced lateral stack; six 12-pane sashes to 1st floor. Right return (south-west) elevation: bay 5 has C19 porch with 4-centred-arched doorway. Windows are mostly 4-pane sashes to ground floor,12-pane sashes above; traces of chamfered mullion windows. Swept roof with 2 flat- roofed dormers at right end. At left end and centre, tops visible of finialled gable ends of abutting ranges. Left return (north-east) elevation: various projecting sections. Near-central gabled porch has hoodmoulds to windows, moulded kneelers, hollow-moulded coping, finial, and inner chamfered, quoined, square-headed doorway. To its right is doorway with old board door with knocker, and hoodmould. Near right end is a large shouldered stack flanked by gables each of which have window with hoodmould. 2 similar stacks to left. At left end, tall quoined chamfered window surrounds, probably originally cross windows. Traces of other chamfered and chamfered mullion windows, but windows now a variety of sashes, mostly small- paned. Five C20 flat-roofed dormers. Within north-west courtyard: tower (north-west) range has 2 quoined chamfered doorways with hoodmoulds, and on upper storey a 3-light hollow-moulded mullion window with hoodmould and a single chamfered light. South-west range has C16 6-bay round-arched arcade with Tuscan columns, hoodmould, and shields in spandrels linked by cornice; within the arcade a chamfered, quoined, doorway; on 1st floor, traces of 3 mullioned windows, enlarged, central one blocked, and now 2 tripartite sash windows. North-east range has hollow-moulded mullion windows with hoodmoulds, of 2 and 3 lights to ground floor, on 1st floor 3 of 3 lights, that on left altered; central gable with former similar 2-light window, the gable with string and crowsteps. South-east range has former mullion windows with hoodmoulds and similar 2-light window in finialled crow-stepped, gable. Interior: various C16 and C17 phases of building indicated by position of chamfered,quoined doorways and former windows. Spiral stone stairs. C16/C17 panelling, doors, beams, timber-frame partitioning, and stone fireplaces. C18 panelling, doors, cupboards, panelled window reveals, and fireplaces. Below tower, 4-centred chamfered arch of 2 orders. Probably C17 cellar of stone with vaults of thin red brick. Entrance hall has chequered black and white stone floor; well-carved mid-C19 Imperial stair in C17 style with animals, birds and cherubs in scroll form,caryatid end newels, and moulded handrail; heavily-moulded cornice. C19 ballroom and salon with marble fireplaces, decorative cornices. Interesting roofs over ranges forming north-west courtyard, having arch-braced collared trusses (possibly reused), the members chamfered, the collars high-set and cambered, and the principal rafters having arched soffits at apexes forming pointed arches; seating for trenched purlins.

Ingleby Manor was occupied by the Eures family from the mid C16, and by the Foulis family from 1609 to the mid C19.

Listing NGR: NZ5858805786

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