The Manor House

SP 58 SW COTESBACH MAIN STREET (south side)

3/5 The Manor House 11/01/55 II GV

House. Reputedly built in 1630 by George Bennett, a London merchant. Altered late C17 and late C18. Red brick. plain tile hipped roof. Lateral stack to right, ridge stack to left with 4, diagonally set shafts and corbelled lateral stack to rear wing. U-shaped plan. Tall plinth. Moulded 1st floor band. North front: 2 storeys and attic, 4 irregular bays. Off-centre C18 doorway with C17, 9-panel studded door, with carved fan pattern, and frame with arched head with carved spandrels. C18 overlight. To left a single 3-light mullion and transom window opening casement. To right, a similar window, followed by a former doorway, with chamfered stone jambs and round arch, now a 2-light window. Above to left, another 3-light window, and to right, a 2-light mullion and transom window. Above again 2 dormers with shallow pitched roofs and glazing-bar sashes. East elevation has half-timber gabled porch, and doorway with C17 plank door.

Listing NGR: SP5385882288