West Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. House.
West Manor House
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-ember-moth
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- West Manor House, Whalton
- OS grid reference
- NZ 131 814
- Coordinates
- 55.12723, -1.79455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Manor House is a house dated 1729, featuring the initials I:R on the lintel, and possibly incorporating earlier fabric. It underwent alterations in 1908-1909 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for Mrs. Eustace Smith, at which time it was incorporated into the Manor House; it is now a separate tenancy. The house is constructed of squared stone, except for rubble on the ground floor left return, and has a stone slate roof.
The building has two storeys and five symmetrical bays, with a chamfered plinth. The central entrance features a six-panel door with an overlight, set in a wave-moulded raised stone surround with a shaped lintel above. It has 12-pane sash windows with raised lintels and stepped keystones. The left gable is coped on moulded kneelers, and there are stepped-and-corniced stacks at the ends. The left return displays two four-pane attic casements. The rear elevation includes twin projecting wings, with the right wing extended by Lutyens.
Inside, there are some contemporary fireplaces with later ironwork and panelled shutters. The sitting room features a transverse ceiling beam with swelled chamfer stops of 17th-century style. There is a dog-leg open-string staircase leading to the attic, with urn-on-vase balusters, a moulded, ramped and wreathed handrail, and a moulded newel post at the base, along with shaped tread ends. The roof structure consists of collar-beam trusses with overlapped apices carrying the ridge, with joints that are nailed rather than pegged.
Before the alterations in 1908-1909, the house was known as the Mansion House. The current dwelling includes one bay of Lutyens' link block.
Local climate
West Manor House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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