Whaplode Manor House

WHAPLODE MANOR HOUSE LANE TF 32 NW (east side)

5/138 Whaplode Manor House (formerly listed as 30.6.66 Manor House with stables)

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Small country house. 1737. Red brick with painted ashlar dressings. Hipped slate roofs with dogtooth eaves and 3 lateral stacks. 2 storeys and attic, 5 bay south front with first floor band. Central doorway with columnar porch with entablature and inner partially glazed door. 2 glazing bar sashes flank the doorway on each side, with 5 glazing bar sashes above; all with flush wedge lintels and painted ashlar keystones. Single hipped dormers with plain sashes flank a central open pediment supported on a pair of consoles and contaning a keyed oculus. 5 bay west front with central doorway with overlight and panelled door. 2 blocked windows to the right, one to the left with a glazing bar sash beyond. Single glazing bar sash above doorway with 2 blocked openings to the right, one to the left with a glazing bar sash beyond. All the windows with flush wedge lintels and painted ashlar keystones, that over the left ground floor window inscribed 'WM 1737'. Interior with truncated 2 flight return staircase with moulded bannisters and handrail, of c.1737. One room to south-east with moulded cornice.

Listing NGR: TF3398927702