Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1967. House.
Manor House
- WRENN ID
- fading-hall-crag
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1967
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor House is a house dating from 1695, as indicated by the inscription '1695 HHE' (Henry and Elizabeth Hadwen) on the door lintel. The first wing, marked 'SHL 1894', is above a first-floor window. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble and features a stone slate roof. It has a T-plan typical of 17th-century houses, with a stair and kitchen located in the rear wing. The house is two storeys high with attics and comprises five bays.
The ground-floor windows have been extensively restored and are set beneath a continuous drip course. To the left of the front door is a canted bay and two-light rebated and chamfered mullioned windows, with a similar window to the right and a three-light window that continues around the corner with three mullioned lights on the right-hand return wall. On the first floor, there are five two-light rebated and chamfered windows with mullions, also under a continuous drip course. The door jambs are moulded and continue around a battlemented lintel. Each gable features two one-light chamfered attic windows and one rebated and chamfered one-light first-floor window, although those in the left-hand gable are blocked. The gable copings have kneelers, and there are gable stacks, with the left-hand stack projecting and having offsets.
The rear of the main block has a two-light mullioned window on each floor. The rear wing faces Low Road and contains a two-light mullioned window on both floors in the 17th-century portion to the left. The eastern extension from 1894 has twin gables, rebated and chamfered mullioned windows, and drip courses. A further extension to the east features a re-set doorway with a chamfer that continues around a battlemented lintel marked 'WR 1659'.
Inside, there is a moulded segmental fireplace opening in the left-hand room. The rear wing has an altered closed string open well stair with square newels and turned balusters. In the rear room of the 17th-century wing, there is a very large segmental arched fireplace with a raised keystone featuring a floral motif. Within this fireplace is a smaller 18th-century stone fireplace with a moulded cornice. Some crucks have been re-used on the roof principals.
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