Manor House Ruins And Wall, 70 Metres South East Of Whessoe Grange Farmhouse

NZ 21 NE WHESSOE BURTREE LANE (South side, off) 6/7 6/6/52 Manor House ruins and wall, 70 metres south-east of Whessoe Grange Farmhouse (Formerly listed as remains of Old Manor Buildings at Whessoe Grange Farm) II Manor House ruins and wall attached to south. Possibly a C12 chapel, converted into a house in early-mid C16 and later into a barn. Coursed and squared rubble. One storey with ruinous upper storey. West gable end has alternating quoins. Two 2-light, hollow-chamfered mullioned windows, blocked with hand-made bricks, on ground floor. Hollow-chamfered south jamb of a former 2-light window in ruinous gable. Roofless. Blocked breather and C20 doorway on south wall. Partly-collapsed east opening and later west doorway on north wall. Almost complete east gable end has roughly-shaped, alternating quoins. Partly- blocked doorway with later opening above. Gable has shaped footstones, moulded copings and ruinous apex. Interior. South wall: small, off-centre C16 stone fireplace with 4-centred arch; fragmentary wall painting, consisting of scattered crescent shapes, above; small, round-headed and deeply-splayed first-floor window to west. Tall, c.l5-metre long wall: probably C16; off-centre boarded door in opening with round-arched oak head; deeply-splayed window to south; remains of brick beehive oven to north. Lean-to additions on rear are not of special interest. Derelict and dangerous at time of survey.

Listing NGR: NZ2771918105