Manor House

MANOR HOUSE, PAPER MILL LANE

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1368808
Date first listed:
09-Apr-1952
List Entry Name:
Manor House
Statutory Address:
MANOR HOUSE, PAPER MILL LANE

Have you got a photo to share?

Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2007-05-10
Reference:
IOE01/16631/19
Rights:
© Tim Belcher. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1368808
Date first listed:
09-Apr-1952
List Entry Name:
Manor House
Statutory Address 1:
MANOR HOUSE, PAPER MILL LANE

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

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:
MANOR HOUSE, PAPER MILL LANE

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

County:
Oxfordshire
District:
South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:
South Moreton
National Grid Reference:
SU 56233 88284

Details

SOUTH MORETON PAPER HILL LANE SU5688 (East side) 17/144 Manor House 09/04/52

GV II*

Manor house. Probably late C14, with C16, and C18 alterations. Cruck-framed; red brick with random grey headers to right; render on timber-framing with brick infill to centre; red brick to ground floor left; large timber-framing with angle braces to first floor left; brick infill; recent tile-hanging to cross-gable to left; old plain-tile roof; various brick stacks. Double-ended hall-house. Single storey and attic; 3-window range to centre; 2-storey, one-window cross-wing to right, double-height cross-wing to left. C20 door to left of centre with Gothic glazing bars. Two 4-light leaded casements to centre. 3 raking half-dormers to centre. 3-light wood-mullioned and transomed window of 3 rows to cross-wing to left. Double-leaf French window to left return of right cross-wing. 16-pane unhorned sash to first floor end of right cross-wing. Rear: large timber-framing to left; painted brick infill to ground floor; rendered infill to first floor; painted brick with some timber-framing. C16 wood-mullioned and transomed bay window with side lights to first floor left. Irregular fenestration of casements and raking dormers. Right return; red brick with random grey headers in Flemish bond to left; flint base to right; render to right, probably on timber-framing. 2-storey, 4-window range. Sash door to lean-to roofed porch to centre. Irregular fenestration of 16-pane unhorned sashes except tripartite sash with glazing bars to ground floor right. C20 stairs. King-post roof to left cross-wing with moulded king-post. Jointed cruck construction to centre with wind braces. Open fireplaces to most rooms. Subsidiary bay of large timber-frame to left return with queen-post roof. History: formerly Sandervilie Manor House, held by de Sanderville family from 1199 to 1891. The site is moated. (V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.III, 1923, p.499-500).

Listing NGR: SU5623388284

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
248757
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1923), 499-500

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Ordnance survey map of Manor House

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 22-Jun-2026 at 15:06:15.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos