Manor House

WISTOW NEWTON HARCOURT SP 69 NW 2/125 19.10.51 Manor House GV II Small country house. Earlier C17, altered C19. Rendered timber framing with brick nogging above coursed rubble stone ground floor. Swithland slate roof with brick and stone ridge and side stacks. H plan. Front has 4 gables.2.1/2 storeys of 5 wooden mullion and transom windows with leaded lights: 2 on left gable, 1 each on centre recessed gables, and 5-light on right gable. On ground floor, from left, painted wooden mullion 5-light canted bay, 2-light wooden mullion and transom window either side gabled porch and 2-leaved door, and 4-light stone mullion and transom window with hood mould. 3-light casement with leaded lights in both wing attics and similar central dormer. 1.1/2 storey wing on right end.Garden front to rear has 2 and 3-light leaded casements, a 5-light canted bay on ground floor of each gable and 1 storey earlier C19 brick vestibule spanning recessed centre. 4 15-pane windows and central French window with overlight. Inside are chamfered beams with curved braces in cellar, and reset C17 panelling. The house was partly rebuilt after a fire in the 1830's but is said to retain timber framing behind the render. V.C.H., Vol.V and Pevsner.

Listing NGR: SP6395496657