Manor House (Remains)

SK38NE 784-1/6/495 01/05/52

SHEFFIELD MANOR LANE (North side) Manor House (remains)

GV II

Ruins of manor house. Built c1510 for the Earls of Shrewsbury. Demolished 1706. Restored c1910 and late C20. Coursed rubble, dressed squared stone and brick. Roofless. Rectangular plan running north-south, with kitchens at south end. Massive restored ashlar stack with square shaft and crenellated top, with a fireplace either side on each floor. South wall has to left, a door flanked by single windows, all blocked, and to right, 4 blocked openings. To left of the stack, a rectangular range with part of the wall standing to 2 storey height, with various openings. To right of the stack, a courtyard with brick vaulted cellars below, and on the east wall an unrestored square stack with a fireplace on each floor. West wall has to right the base of a polygonal turret and to its right, 3 basement rooms. To left, the west wall of the long Gallery has blocked 4-light transomed lancets. At the north end, a polygonal tower with a fireplace and on the east side a garderobe. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 467).

Listing NGR: SK3760086451