Pickwell Manor House

SK 71 SE SOMERBY MAIN STREET

Pickwell (south side) 10/130 Pickwell Manor House 24/2/87

G.V. II

Small country house. C17, early and late C18 and early C19. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and Collyweston slate roof. Coped gables, chamfered plinth, first floor band, 3 gable and 3 lateral coped ashlar stacks. 2 storeys plus attics, 5 bays. South front has a central half glazed doorway with traces of a former pedimented doorcase, flanked by single C19 canted bay windows each with 3 plain sashes. Above, 5 glazing bar sashes and above again, 3 hipped dormers with 2 light casements. To the left, a late C18 single bay addition. To the right, a C20 summerhouse with flat roof. West entrance front has an off-centre C19 gabled porch with recessed double door, flanked by single 3 light mullioned windows. To the right, a gabled wing with a squat Venetian window and above, a round headed plain sash. Both these windows have fine ashlar surrounds with keystoned heads. To the left, C19 additions with 2 three light cross mullioned casements.

Listing NGR: SK7852211319