Wales Court Comprising the Manor, Wales Place, Wales House and the Mews is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1992. House. 6 related planning applications.
Wales Court Comprising the Manor, Wales Place, Wales House and the Mews
- WRENN ID
- idle-clay-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rotherham
- Constituency
- Rother Valley MP: Jake Richards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1992
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wales Court Comprising the Manor, Wales Place, Wales House and the Mews, Manor Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 478 836
- Coordinates
- 53.34761, -1.2824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a small country house, now divided into four separate residences, with construction dating back to 1629 and subsequent alterations in the late 18th century, around 1870, and in the 20th century. The building is primarily sandstone ashlar, with painted render on some sections, and has concrete tile roofs and six white brick chimney stacks.
The main southwest block features a very steeply pitched roof, a first-floor band, sill bands, and moulded eaves. It has two storeys, with plain sash or similar casement windows throughout. The south front presents a single window alongside a pair of windows, with two windows above. At each corner stands a circular tower, each with three windows on both floors, topped by octagonal copper spires. The west front has an off-centre, two-storey square bay window with a hipped roof; it contains two windows on each floor. To the right is a single window on each floor. A slightly projecting two-storey section features a pediment containing a blocked doorway with a heraldic datestone inscribed "1629." Below this are a glazed doorway and a tripartite window. Above are two windows and a tripartite window. The northwest corner has a two-storey canted bay window topped by a lower octagonal copper spire, with three windows on each floor.
The east entrance front displays a projecting single-storey porch with a moulded door surround, a six-panel door with side lights and overlight, and to the right, a single window and a pair of windows. Above are two windows, and to the right, a 20th-century window, above which a large stair window is located. The northeast range, now painted, has a two-storey canted bay window with three windows on each floor. A 20th-century glazed doorway is positioned to the left, with a single window above. To the right are two windows on each floor, followed by a small canted bay window topped with an octagonal spire and a single window on the ground floor and three above. The east front exhibits a canted bay window with three windows on each floor and a 20th-century entrance to the left. A ground-floor addition above contains three windows. To the right is a lower wing with a lean-to verandah, followed by a doorway to the left and four windows to the right. Above are several glazing bar sashes.
Interiors feature notable elements. The former study contains an elaborate plaster frieze and ceiling, a wooden fire surround, and some panelling. The former dining room has a wooden fire surround, plaster coving, and a buffer arch. The former sitting room displays an elaborate fire surround and decorated plaster coving and ceiling. The former entrance hall retains original doors, a wooden fire surround housing a wooden staircase with reused 18th-century balustrade and a fine stained-glass window. Most rooms retain 19th-century doors and shutters. Originally, the house was built for the Duke of Leeds.
Local climate
Wales Court Comprising the Manor, Wales Place, Wales House and the Mews receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings