Building record 2385/3/1 - Manor Farmhouse & Attached Wall

Manor house, now farmhouse. Late C17 and early C19. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof.

{1} Manor house, now farmhouse. Late C17 and early C19. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. Original plan indeterminate, now L-shape. 2 storeys with attic. Main front is early C19; 4-window range of sash windows. Tripartite sash window to far right and mid C19 two-storey canted wood bay window to left of centre. Other windows have glazing bars and are under gauged stone heads. Central 6-panel door is also under gauged stone head. Chamfered plinth throughout. 3 hipped roof dormers, ashlar gable parapets and ashlar stacks at ridge and end. Elevation to left of main front has twin gables. Two C17 doorways to centre, one now blocked, with moulded stone surrounds and 4-centred arch heads. 2-light stone mullion windows above doorways, one window also blocked. 2-light stone mullion attic window in gable has moulded string course above. Rear elevation has C17 wing projecting to right of 2-window range. 2-light stone mullion window to left and similar taller window, with transom, to right. Moulded string course between floors. Two 2-light stone mullion windows above, right hand window is blocked. Ashlar gable parapets and truncated ashlar stack at end. Range to right has central 4-panel door under wood lintel and one C19 sash window to right. Quadrant wall, attached to left of main front, has built-up coping. Interior not inspected but noted as having C19 stair in centre range and said to have C17 stair in south wing. Shown on drawing of 1702 as a 5-bay house with Dutch style gables. Largely demolished and reconstructed early C19. The Manor was held for a time by the Wood and Palmer families. (Northamptonshire Records Office, Architectural Drawings Collection; V.C.H.: Northamptonshire, Vol.3, p.132).

{3} "Stoke Doyle Hall"; view up to house looking through planting from river or ponds; ornamental bridge shown on left hand side;,Messers Hunt and Brandon.,The manor house is a large stone building with good gardens. Edward Ward Esq, is the present possessor of the manor of all the parish except 2 small freeholds.

{5} The old manor house south of Stoke Doyle church was pulled down about 1870 and a farmhouse erected on the site. A square stone dovecot with hipped roof and lantern survives from the old buildings.

{7} The grade II listed Manor House was until c 2 years ago a farmhouse. Since sold and refurbished.

{8} Two undated photos;

{9} There are no identifiable remains of the former manor house.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/120 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G09 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> CLARKE G., 1850, Pencil Sketches, No.73 (unchecked) (Drawing). SNN41524.

<4> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1852.

<5> Page W. (ed), 1930, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p. 132 (Series). SNN100370.

<6> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.377 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

<7> Cadman, G., 2001, Manor Farm, Stoke Doyle, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN103886.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Stoke Doyle (Photographs). SNN113401.

<9> Colquhoun, FD, 1962, Field Investigators Comments, F1 FDC 03-MAY-62 (Note). SNN111652.

Record last edited

Feb 7 2024 3:25PM