Building record 3084/1/4 - The Manor House and attached walls to N and S

A late 17th century manor house that was extended in the 18th century and modified during the 19th century is situated on the eastern side of Seaton Road. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone and ashlar with a hipped Collyweston slate roof with a large central multi flue chimney stack. The house is double depth in plan with two stories and an attic range lit by a pair of hipped roof dormer windows. The entrance façade has a five window range of two-light stone mullion windows with transoms and a central door under an arched head with quoins, voussoirs and a keystone. The left and right returns have sash windows and the building has a brick and ashlar boundary wall.

House. Late C17 extended C18 and modified C19. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and Collyweston slate roof. Double depth plan. 2 storeys with attic. Main front is a 5-window range. Central arch-head doorway with mid C19 quoins, voussoirs and keystone has C19 panelled door. 2-light stone mullion windows with transoms. Ashlar quoins. Pair of hipped roof dormers with C18 casement windows. Hipped roof with central ashlar stack. Elevations to left and right of main front have one 2-lig t window and one single-light window, similar to main front. Elevation to left also has C19 sash windows, with glazing bar, and one hipped roof dormer. Rear elevation has C19 sash window, with glazing bars. Late C18 brick quadrant walls, with ashlar copings, are attached to left and right of main front. Interior: rooms to left and right of entrance have panelled dados, parts of which have C18 fielded panelling. Late C17 stair, rises around an open well, to rear right of entrance passage. Clos d string with moulded handrail, turned balusters and panelled newels. First floor room, to left, has late C17 stone fireplace with frieze and side panels decorated with elongated scrolls. First floor room, to right, has late C17 fireplace with continuous moulded stone surround. C18 range, to rear, has a half cellar. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p85)

{4} Undated photo, also photo dated 01.05.1991 and photo dated 20.12.1991.

{5} [Former list description] A late 17th century manor house that was extended in the 18th century and modified during the19th century. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone and ashlar with a hipped Collyweston slate roof with a large central multi flue chimney stack. The house is double depth in plan with two stories and an attic range lit by a pair of hipped roof dormer windows. The entrance façade has a five window range of two-light stone mullion windows with transoms and a central door under an arched head with quoins, voussoirs and a keystone. The left and right returns have sash windows and the building has a brick and ashlar boundary wall. The house and its boundary wall are Grade II Listed Buildings.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/131 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G11 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> 1975-85, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN100542.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Harringworth (Photographs). SNN112529.

<5> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of Listing: East Northamptonshire. 23-May-1967 Amended 31-Mar-1988 (Report). SNN112993.

<6> Historic England, MANOR HOUSE, HARRINGWORTH, BF084533 (Archive). SNN115330.

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