Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1966. House. 2 related planning applications.
Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- long-gravel-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1966
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farmhouse is a house from the early 18th century, with a possible earlier section included in the range of outbuildings to the right. It is constructed of squared and finely coursed ironstone rubble, featuring white ashlar dressings, and has a new roof. The building is two storeys high with attics and has three bays. The symmetrical facade includes a central six-panelled door beneath a small canopy supported by console brackets. On either side of the door are larger stones resembling quoins from a former opening, which may be purely decorative. Flanking the door are 20-light sash windows, and the three upper windows are also 20-light sashes, all set within a random area of white ashlar. The roof features three gabled dormers and gable-end stone stacks.
To the right, there is a single bay of lesser height, made of ironstone rubble with a brick rear on an ironstone plinth. This bay has a single 3-light horizontally sliding sash window with an ornately stopped chamfered lintel on its front elevation, and a shallow brick arch at ground floor level, possibly serving as a relieving arch or cellar light. The rear elevation of the main range has outer hipped gables with a 12-light sash window on each floor, while the central section features a large early 19th-century canted bay window in ashlar with 12-light sashes.
To the north of the house, there is a projecting wing that may be part of an earlier building. This section has ironstone on the ground floor, heightened in brick above, and a new roof with a stone-coped gable and finial. Its east wall contains a 3-light horizontally sliding sash window with an ornate stop to the chamfered lintel, a small single light window that may be a fire window, a steeply brick-arched doorway, and another small light to the right. Inside, a massive inglenook with a stone hood on a timber bressumer suggests that this building may have been a former detached kitchen.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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