Manadon House
MANADON HOUSE, MANADON DRIVE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1386217
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Manadon House
- Statutory Address:
- MANADON HOUSE, MANADON DRIVE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1386217
- Date first listed:
- 01-May-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Manadon House
- Statutory Address 1:
- MANADON HOUSE, MANADON DRIVE
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:
- MANADON HOUSE, MANADON DRIVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Plymouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX4799358366
Details
740-1/22/113 MANADON DRIVE
01-MAY-75 CROWNHILL
Manadon House
(Formerly listed as:
CROWNHILL
CROWNHILL
MANADON HOUSE)
GV II*
Country house, formerly occupied by the Royal Navy. Circa late C17 [dated 1681] remodelling and rebuilding of an earlier house, retaining C16 features; altered late C19. Stone rubble with granite dressings. Steeply pitched slate roof with granite coping with scroll kneelers to gable ends and with acanthus enriched modillions to overhanging eaves. Granite gable-end stacks with moulded and weathered caps.
PLAN: Symmetrical 3-room plan main range, the smaller centre room an entrance hall leading to a large stair tower behind; there was probably a narrow range at the back on either side of the stair tower which has been subsumed by later C19 rear extensions. The large C19 rear [NW and NE] wings possibly replace earlier wings that might have formed a rear courtyard plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics. Symmetrical 7-window south front with large granite quoins, stringcourses and moulded granite window frames, the mullions and transomes removed; C19 4-pane sashes. Central moulded granite 4-centred arch doorway with Gothic glazed double doors and C19 pedimented Ionic portico in Portland stone, with moulded stone window above. Alternating triangular and segmentally pedimented dormers restored in about mid C20. Small granite attic windows in gable ends and C19 gabled bay on west gable end. At rear [N] C19 wings to left and right and large gabled stair tower at centre with granite mullion-transom windows.
INTERIOR: C16 moulded granite 4-centred arch doorways with elaborate stops into stair hall at rear and into rear wings; large granite fireplace in kitchen in NE wing and moulded granite fireplaces in chamber on first floor and in attic chamber. Fine late C17 open-well staircase in stair tower with pulvinated string, heavy moulded handrail, large closely-spaced balusters and panelled newels with volute finials extended in late C19 by square columns above. Doorways on landing with moulded architraves, floating pediments and bolection panelled doors. First floor chamber has bolection panelling and doorway with eared architrave and floating pediment. Bolection panelling in entrance hall. C19 moulded plaster ceilings and chimneypieces in drawing room and dining room.
SOURCES: [1] Buildings of England, p.656. [2] PSA Historic Buildings Register: DOE: Southern England [Devon South West]: 85 and 86.
Listing NGR: SX4799358366
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473601
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 656
PSA Historic Building Register in Southern England Devon South West, ()
PSA Historic Building Register in Southern England Devon South West, ()
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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