Building record 2203/0/19 - Manor House

A manor house with medieval origins. 4 phases of construction are evident in this building, the earliest being to the south. An adjacent barn is contemporary with the last phase of the house and bears a datestone of 1786.

{1} Manor house. C17 and C18 with late C19/early C20 alterations. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. Originally probably 2-unit plan. 2 storeys. 3-window range with one 4-light stone mullion window, with king mullions, to far left. Other windows are casements, under wood lintels, some with leaded light. Ashlar gable parapets and central lateral brick stack. 2 bays to left, are probably the original house, with one-window range of casements under wood lintels. Central, leaded, fire window. Plank door, under stone lintel, to far right. Ashlar gable parapets and brick stack at ridge. Right gable has 4-light stone mullion window to first floor. Late C19/early C20 doorway below. Left gable end has 3-light stone mullion window to ground floor. Rear elevation is similar with one 3- and one 4-light stone mullion window, also some leaded casements. Bay to right breaks forward slightly. Interior: kitchen, to left of entrance, has large open fireplace with bressumer. A first floor fireplace is noted has having a moulded stone shelf. Some original roof structure also said to survive. Part used as a garden room for Polebrook Hall (q.v.) late C19/early C20. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p137)

{4} Undated photo;

{7} Four phases of construction are evident in this building, the earliest being to the south and exhibiting stone mullion windows, one with dripstone. An adjacent barn, contemporary with the last phase of the house, bears a datestone 'W. Gloom 1786'. See AO/62/41/7 Manor House. (south east aspect)

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/117 (Checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.137 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Polebrook (Photographs). SNN113566.

<5> Historic England, MANOR HOUSE, POLEBROOK, BF084436 (Archive). SNN114971.

<6> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 6" 1958 (Map). SNN112944.

<7> Colquhoun, FD, 1962, Field Investigators Comments, F1 FDC 11-MAY-1962 (Note). SNN111652.

Record last edited

Apr 3 2023 3:47PM