Building record 3340/1/2 - The Manor House

A medieval manor house, formerly a farmhouse. Built 1340-1348 incorporating a 14th century domestic kitchen and associated with the Court Parlour and Church of St Andrew. Extended circa 1840.

{1} House, formerly farmhouse. C17 extended c.1840 with medieval origins. Coursed limestone rubble with limestone dressings, plain-tile roof, stone end stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central C19 door with 4-centred chamfered stone head, carved spandrels and hood mould. 3-light chamfered stone mullion windows to ground and 1st floors except for similar 2-light window to 1st floor centre. Gables over outer bays; 1-light windows to gables with chamfered stone surrounds. Stone-coped gables with kneelers. 2-storey parallel range to rear with single-storey lean-to extensions. The building incorporates the C14 kitchen for the adjacent Hastings Manor House. Originally detached, an approximately square, 2-storey structure to centre of rear range with large end stack and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Remains of central windows survive at high level on two sides. An important and rare survival of a medieval detached domestic kitchen, part of a group with the Court Parlour (q.v.) and the Church of St. Andrew (q.v.). (C.T.P. Woodfield: The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire: 16, 1981, p194 and Fig,16b; Scheduled Ancient Monument, Northanptonshire 33)

{6} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/174 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 1:2500 1976 (Map). SNN112944.

<4> Historic England, Undated, Manor House, Yardley Hastings, BF061903 (Archive). SNN114250.

<5> Historic England, Undated, Labelled sheet of plans of Yardley Hastings Manor House, showing the ground- and first-floors, RCH01/082/01/185 (Archive). SNN114251.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Yardley Hastings (Photographs). SNN114340.

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Nov 16 2022 2:41PM