Manor House

SE 0411 OLD MOUNT ROAD (Off) Marsden 14/353

• Manor House

GV II

C17. (Datestone, now covered, reported to have read 1616). Manor house, altered. Coursed rubble (part rendered). Three gabled stone slate roof. 2 storeys. East elevation: ground floor; central doorway in recent stone porch. One 10-light stone mullioned window (double chamfered)(central King mullion) (2 side lights blocked). Above is hood mouldings with decorative squared stop to each end, with rounded motif with geometric pattern. One 3-light stone mullioned window (chamfered) (later) and of larger proportions. First floor: one 7-light stone mullioned window (double chamfered) with hood moulding over with decorative round stop at each end with "three-legged motif" In apex is small light or vent, with semicircular head (now blocked). One 3-light stone mullioned window (chamfered), one 2-light stone mullioned window (chamfered), to right. South elevation: ground floor; one 5-light stone mullioned window (double chamfered) (2 mullions removed) (hood moulding over). First floor; one 4-light stone mullioned window. One 2-light stone mullioned windows. West elevation: west to south breaks forward with central external chimney with raking offsets. Ground floor; one 2-light stone mullioned window (double chamfered and hood moulding over). First floor; one 3-light stone mullioned window (double chamfered and hood moulding over). One 2-light stone mullioned window. Centre and north wings have later single and 2-light windows. It has been reported that John Wesley spent the night at the Manor House on 21 February 1746.

Listing NGR: SE0444211321