Building record 0491401000 - MANOR HOUSE

Dimensions - Length 50m, Width 11m.
Grade II. Country house. 1635, much extended 1903 and 1908 by R Lorimer. Rubble stone with ashlar dressings, plain tile roofs and red brick chimney-stacks. Original block at NW corner cross-gabled, 2 storeys and attic, dated 1635 TL on plaque, moulded ironstone mullion windows, 4-light to ground and first floors, 3-light to basement and attic on W. front. Extended to west C20 with balancing gable and centre section with attic dormer gable. Long range to north. C20, 2 storeys with attic dormers. Windows in both sections have leaded lights in flush Bath stone surrounds with chamfered mullions. N. range has 2-storeyed projecting porch with carved armorial panel and coped shouldered gable. Marching service wing at N. end (B5).
Square stone building. Dates 1635 & 1761 on chimneys (B1).
2 storeys with attic & cellar. Mostly modern but incorporates part of stone building dated 1635. Roofs tiled. C17 plan possibly H-shaped, facing N. (Full description)(B3).
Original block at NE end. Extended 1903 & 1908 by Sir Robert Lorimer. The result is picturesque and entirely successful. Lorimer carried on the Tudor style of the 1635 house. He composed his addition into an L-shape with an old walnut tree in the focal position between the two arms (B4).
At NGR (B6).