Building record 1045600000 - THE MANOR AND NEW MANOR HOUSE, 6 LITTLE ICKFORD

Grade II+. House, now subdivided. C16 south range with late C17 north block. Timber framed with colourwashed plaster infill. Rubblestone plinths. Old tile roofs. 2 storeys with attic. Leaded windows. South range: 4 bays with centre compound stack and to east gabled stair tower with original treads and newel post. West elevation has board door in bay 3, leaded casements. Left hand window early C18 box sash. First floor with ovolo moulded mullioned leaded windows of 3 lights. Oriels to outer bays, later 4-light leaded casement to bay 3. Flat roof dormer at left. East or street elevation has leaded casements. C16 one to stair tower. North block: has mullioned and transomed moulded framed windows. 3-light to outer bay of south return, 2-light to remainder. Door in tile hood in angle with 2-light casement over. Street front has left hand hip and recessed centre. Moulded eaves. West elevation to garden has cross-casements and door. North return of C16 range altered with early C18 box sash to ground floor. 5-light late C17 gabled oriel to first floor with coving above to half hip of main roof. 2 dormers. North elevation of north block has cross casements, one to first floor, one to stair half landing. Large compound stack to east roof ridge. Interior: C16 range has chamfered and stopped spine beams. North ground floor room has C17 painted 'panelling' in ochres and browns on limewash over original framing. Now largely concealed by early C18 moulded framed panelling. North block has late C17 staircase with a closed string, turned ballusters, ball finials to newels, moulded handrail. The north block has a date '1675' on the east elevation which may be genuine. RCHM.I.217. MON .9 (B1).