Building record 707/0/7 - The Manor, Greenside

Manor house built between 1702 and 1704.

Manor house. Dated 1702 and 1704. Fine coursed squared limestone, plain tile roof, stone end and ridge stack with square paired chimneys. T-plan. 2 storeys and attic; 6-window range. Glazed door with overlight just right of centre in moulded stone surround with keyblock inscribed '17C02/RA/1704' and broken segmental pediment. 2-light flat-faced stone mullion windows to ground and first floors with moulded sills and surrounds, except for 2 windows to ground floor left which have moulded stone sills and surrounds with keyblocks and 12-pane sashes. 3 two-light cellar windows to left of door with plain flat-faced stone mullions, 6 steps leading up to door, chamfered plinth and quoins, moulded storey band and stone eaves, stone-coped gables with kneelers and two roof dormers. 3-light flat-faced stone mullion windows to rear and to projecting wing to rear which has back door on right side, next to main range with moulded stone surround and old plank door with leaded overlight, approached by six steps. The wing is continued by a late C19 2-storey extension. Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams, some boxed; hall with fielded panelling and bolection moulded stone chimneypiece; parlour with fielded panelling, chimneypiece with fluted keyblock, fitted corner cupboard with shaped shelves, round-arched head, semi-domed inside, flanked by pilasters, and late C18 statutary marble chimneypiece from Melchbourne Park, Bedfordshire, dog-leg staircase with turned balusters, and collar truss roof. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.442).

{4} A former rectory reputedly built by the Rector of Wappenham, Theophilus Hart. Hart was apparently 'a most profane wretch' and was found in the act of adultery with the butcher’s wife; the butcher cleft his skull with an axe (Spelman). The house is now known as The Manor, has datestones of 1702 and 1704, which post-date Rev Hart, and is Grade II* listed.

{8} Undated photo, also photo dated 25.11.1993;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/89 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F07 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 636 (Book). SNN111989.

<4> Walker, C., 2012, Supplementary Heritage Assessment for Wappenham Wind Turbine November 2012, (checked) (Report). SNN109269.

<5> Clarke, G., St. Mary's church, Wappenham, (checked) (Drawing). SNN54482.

<6> Spelman, H., 1698, The History and Fate of Sacrilege, (unchecked) (Book). SNN109314.

<7> Wappenham Community Website, (unchecked) (Website). SNN109315.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Wappenham (Photographs). SNN114134.

<9> Historic England, Undated, WAPPENHAM MANOR HOUSE, WAPPENHAM, BF061919 (Archive). SNN115887.

Record last edited

Jan 18 2024 4:14PM