Listed Building: Manor House (18/6)

Manor house. C15 origins, mainly C17 altered C18 and C19. Squared coursed and regular coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. 3-unit, lobby-entry, plan with cross-wing. 2 storeys. Entrance front is an irregular 3-window range of C19 casements under wood lintels. Central, C19 part-glazed door, to centre, under wood lintel. Gabled cross-wing breaks forward to right. Traces of medieval window surround to first floor of gable. Return wall of cross-wing has one C19 casement at ground floor. Left corner of cross-wing is chamfered and has fragment of medieval carvings. C20 buttress to left of doorway. Ashlar gable parapets, with kneelers, to left gable. Ashlar ridge and end stacks with moulded cornices. Elevation of cross-wing, to right, has late C19 square wooden bay window to left with C19 casement window above. 4-panel door to right, is under wood lintel. Rear elevation is an irregular 3-window range, similar to entrance front. Gabled cross-wing breaks forward, to right, with 2 windows at first floor and one at ground floor. C20 stable door to far right, under wood lintel, has blocked door alongside. Evidence of earlier roof line in gable of cross-wing. Ashlar parapet of cross-wing has gabled finials and kneelers. Shallow pilaster to right corner and central C20 buttress. Interior not inspected but kitchen noted as having remains of open fireplace with bressumer. Room in cross-wing also has small open fireplace. Mid/late C19 staircase to rear of cross-wing. One C18 six-panelled door noted to right of ground floor. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p18)

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Oct 1 2021 2:12PM