Hough Manor

HOUGH C.P. NEWCASTLE ROAD SJ 75 SW 2/36 Hough Manor (formerly listed as Hough House) 12.1.67

• II

Small Country House. Mid C18 with C19 and C20 additions and alterations. Red Flemish bond brick with plain tile roof. Two storeys. Entrance front: five bays with pilaster strips to the corners and to either side of the central bay. The central door was a gabled porch above supported on moulded brackets and with an arched niche-head. To either side are single-light sash windows with stone sills and cambered heads with C19 glazing. To either side of these are sash windows of similar form but of 3 x 2 C19 glazed sash panes. Five similar windows to the first floor. C19 decorated boarding to eaves cut with trefoils. The four lowest courses of the building are of C20 engineering brick. The right and left hand sides have bands dividing the ground and first floors, and between the first floor and the attic. Extensive C20 additions to the rear. Interior: One ground floor room has chamfered ceiling beams and rectangular panels of raised and fielded panelling divided by a chair rail. To either side of the central C19 hearth are Ionic pilasters with cabling to their corner bodies. The staircase is of 6 flights with square panelled newel-posts with moulded caps, column-on-vase balusters and moulded handrail.

Listing NGR: SJ7063750997