Manor Farm House

NZ 2522 HEIGHINGTON EAST GREEN (East side) 11/42 No. 3 (Manor Farm House) II House. Dated 1764 on doorway of front range with c.1700 rear range. Front range painted squared limestone, Welsh slate roof and rebuilt brick chimney stacks. Rear range narrow hand-made brick in random bond with sandstone quoins, squared rubble return walls, pantiled roof and brick chimney stack. Double- range plan under 2-span roof. 2-storey, 3-bay front. Central replaced door in ogee-moulded stone surround with run-out stops and shaped top feature dated 1746. Replaced 4-pane sashes with projecting sills; keyed lintels on ground floor. Steeply-pitched roof with slightly-swept eaves. Coped gable parapets with shaped kneelers and end stacks. Narrower 2-storey,2-bay rear range of 2 builds. Earlier recessed right bay has 12-pane stair window, with radial head and thick glazing bars, in raised tooled surround with projecting moulded sill, impost blocks and keystone; cogged and dentilled stepped eaves band. Wider left bay with rubble plinth and ashlar quoins; two 12-pane sashes, with thick glazing bars, in stone architraves with projecting moulded sills. Continuous steeply-pitched roof with slightly-swept eaves. Central ridge stack with cogged top band. Interior: early C18 features in rear range. Dogleg cut-string staircase, of 2 flights plus landing rail, with turned balusters and wreathed-and-ramped handrail. Several 6-panel doors with L-hinges and 3-panel reveals. One ground-floor room has fielded panelling on north wall with fluted pilasters, pair of 3-panel cupboard doors and cornice; large China cupboard with shaped shelves on south wall; 4-panel internal window shutters. Large stone fireplace with moulded surround, pulvinated frieze and corniced mantel in left first-floor room. Addition on right return of front range is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ2505322341