Oasby Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1952. A Post-Medieval House.
Oasby Manor House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-moulding-jackdaw
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oasby Manor House is a house largely dating from the 17th century, incorporating some reused 15th-century fabric with substantial 19th-century alterations. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. The roof is largely covered in Collyweston slate, with a lower section using Pantiles. The building is four bays wide, with a projecting, gabled wing to the left, two storeys in height with garrets. The remaining three bays are single-storey with attics. A later, two-storey, two-bay extension was added in the 19th century.
The main entrance is a 19th-century oak door set under a four-centred arch with a hood mould, with a sundial positioned above. To the left of the entrance is a single gabled bay featuring 19th-century stone mullioned casement windows with pointed heads, also under hood moulds. On the first floor is a reused 15th-century canted oriel window of six lights, with stone mullions and cusped tracery, supported by four moulded courses with stone ornament. The oriel has its own hood mould, and a string course to either side stops short of the end walls; the wall supporting the oriel is constructed of ashlar. It is thought that the oriel was brought from elsewhere and inserted in the 19th century. In the gable above the oriel is a 19th-century single-light window with a shaped stone lintel. A carved corbel depicting an angel is located to the right of the oriel. To the right of the door are two bays consisting of a canted 19th-century ashlar bay of three front lights and single side lights, in a Tudor style with pointed heads and hood moulds; a 20th-century copy of this design is also present above it. Two through-eaves stone gabled dormers containing 19th-century three-light windows with pointed heads are located above, with the central light taller and stepped hood moulds over. The later two-bay extension features a 17th-century oak door with a stone surround and cornice, and two 20th-century three-light windows.
Inside, a reused 17th-century staircase has barley twist balusters, relatively widely spaced, with 15th-century carved figures on the newel posts. The landing string is a carved panel with 17th-century ornamentation. A fireplace in the cross wing has a wide, shallow-arched, 16th/17th-century moulded stone surround that appears to have been cut down. The interior contains numerous reused items, perhaps originating from a previous occupant of the house who was known to be a collector of architectural fragments.
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