The Old Manse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1969. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Manse
- WRENN ID
- standing-mortar-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1969
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NU 2322 EMBLETON FRONT STREET (South side)
14/79 The Old Manse 31.12.69
GV II
Presbyterian Manse, c.1833 but perhaps incorporating older fabric. Whinstone rubble with roughly-shaped whin quoins, rendered on right return; cut sandstone lintels and sills, eaves cornice, gable copings and chimneys. Welsh slate roof. T-plan. 2 storeys, 3 irregular bays. Left-of-centre renewed door in old opening with rough relieving arch over lintel; 6-pane sash windows to ground floor and 4-pane sashes above. Coped gables with stepped-and-banded end stacks. Left returns shows two 4-pane sashes in rear wing; these and another similar window in the rear gable end of the wing all have relieving arches above. Right return shows inscribed plaque: 'WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD 1849 - 1912 WORLD RENOWNED JOURNALIST AND APOSTLE OF PEACE WAS BORN HERE JULY 5TH 1849'.
Included for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NU2314022574
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