Manor Farmhouse

SP 79 SW THORPE LANGTON MAIN STREET (north side)

2/68 and 6/68 Manor Farmhouse 7.12.66 GV II

House. Late C17, with late C18 and C20 alterations. Ironstone rubble and ashlared limestone, with ashlar dressings, brick. Slate roof with ashlar coped gables with kneelers. 2 gable stacks, that to left of brick, that to right with a stone base, and brick above. A ridge stack, also with stone base, brick above. Plinth with chamfered set-offs. 2 storeys with garrets. South front: 2 storeys, 4 bays. Whole front of dressed ashlar with cavetto moulded stringcourses at first floor level and below eaves. Off-centre doorway with C20 stone, gabled porch with part-glazed 6-panel door. To left, two 3-light sliding sashes with wooden lintels. To right, a similar window. All with sloping lintel projections on brackets. Above, three 3-light sliding sashes with wooden lintels. Above the porch are signs of a blocked window. West gable end wall of ironstone rubble has a late C17 3-light window with chamfered mullions and frame and a hoodmould. Its left light now bricked up. Above, a smaller window originally of 3-lights, now occupied by a 2-light iron casement. Stone jambs and wooden lintel of former window remain and former light to right is now bricked up. East gable end wall, also of ironstone rubble, has 2 small casements one at first floor level, the other above in the garret. Both have wooden lintels. VCH, V, 204-5.

Listing NGR: SP7400892576