Manor House

AB KETTLEBY WARNABY ROAD (North Side) SK 72 23 Manor House 1.1.68 II*

House, formerly manor house and farmhouse. Early C17, extended early C18 and altered C20. Ironstone ashlar with limestone dressings, slate roof, brick central ridge stack with 6 square flues, rebuilt C20. Cruciform plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central, full-height porch with round-arched doorway with stop-chamfered jambs, moulded imposts, and moulded round-arched head. 2-light ovolo- moulded stone mullion window above with hood mould. Similar, smaller window to gable. Another gable behind that of porch. Main block has ovolo-moulded stone cross window to ground floor left, C20 timber cross window to ground floor right. 2-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows to 1st floor. Chamfered plinth, moulded 1st floor string course, stone-coped gables with kneelers. Full-height stair turret to rear corresponding to porch to give cross plan with stone-coped gable. C18 2- storey brick extension to rear left in re-entrant angle with stair turret, with 3-light casement windows to ground and 1st floor, that to ground with segmental-arched head, and lean-to-roof. Interior has ogee stop chamfered spine beams. Large fireplace in kitchen with cambered, chamfered bressumer. Stone Tudor-arched fireplaces to 1st and attic floors. Buildings of England, Leics 1984 p71.

Listing NGR: SK7234823089