Wood Bevington Manor

WOOD BEVINGTON MANOR, WOOD BEVINGTON

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1355368
Date first listed:
01-Feb-1967
List Entry Name:
Wood Bevington Manor
Statutory Address:
WOOD BEVINGTON MANOR, WOOD BEVINGTON

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1355368
Date first listed:
01-Feb-1967
Date of most recent amendment:
13-Dec-1984
List Entry Name:
Wood Bevington Manor
Statutory Address 1:
WOOD BEVINGTON MANOR, WOOD BEVINGTON

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
WOOD BEVINGTON MANOR, WOOD BEVINGTON

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Warwickshire
District:
Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
Parish:
Salford Priors
National Grid Reference:
SP0535053961

Details

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WOOD BEVINGTON

Wood Bevington Manor

01/02/67

II*

House, now flats. Early or mid C16, possibly for William Grey. Drastically remodelled 1821 by Pain, an architect or builder. Timber framed: centre has close studding with rendered infill to 1st floor and small amount of studding with C20 brick infill to ground floor. Cross wings and cove throughout roughcast, originally applied c 1790 (V.C.H.). Old tile roof and brick chimneys; big external stack of stone and thin bricks with two tall diagonally set square brick shafts to left return side. H-plan. Two storeys, eight-window range. Entrance in right re-entrant angle has C16 studded door with simple C18 wood pilasters (V.C.H.), and mid C19 Gothic open timber porch. Iron cross windows with elaborate glazing pattern, probably of 1821; two small single lights on first floor in re-entrant angles. Cross wings each of two-windows; right wing has only one window on ground floor. Centre has one three-light ground-floor window. Left side has close studding: Left end projects, with two adjacent gables having decorative tension bracing. C20 windows and French casement. Rear and right side mostly of 1821, with alterations. One timber framed gable to rear.

Interior noted as having: Hall with inglenook fireplace with moulded bressumer and C17 or early C18 panelled door. Room in left wing has panelling said to be early C17. Room over hall reputed to have C18 bolection panelling and contemporary fireplace. Part of left wing said to have roof structure of c 1500 (V.C.H.). Wood Bevington Manor was centre for Catholic activities in the C17.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18 January 2018.

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Legacy System number:
305135
Legacy System:
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Sources

Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Warwick, (1945), 157
Gunn, H S, History of the Old Manor House of Wood Bevington, (1911)

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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