Manor House

The following building shall be added:-

SE 80 SE 2/61

SCOTTER THE GREEN Manor House

GV II*

Manor House. Built 1773-6 for Charles Aistroppe, with minor C19 and C20 alterations. Red brick in English and Flemish bonds. Hipped triple Roman tiles, 3 brick ridge stacks. L-plan. Dentilated eaves. 2 storey. South front, 3 bay with central doorway in moulded Coade stone surround with scroll brackets supporting a flat hood. Eitherside are triple plain sashes with a blind round arch over the central window, and a brick cill band. Above a central Diocletian window, flanked by single triple windows all with glazing bar sashes. East front, 5 bays, with central fixed glazing bar window with to left a pair of glazed double doors with side lights, and overlight, beyond a plain sash. To the right a cross casement with glazing bars and blind window beyond. Above a central sliding sash with to the left 2 casements and to the right a further sliding sash and a blind window. The north front, single bay, has an inserted door to left and a single casement to right, above another sliding sash. West front of rear wing, 3 bays, with a central glazed doorway, with to left a 4 panel door, and to the right a further part glazed panel door. Above a central Diocletian window flanked by single glazing bar windows. North front of main block has a couple of casements with a further casement above. The western front of the main block has a single glazed doorway with Diocletian window above, and single casements set back to the left. Interior. Almost totally complete original interior with main staircase with 2 turned balusters per tread, and ramped hand rail, round headed moulded archway with keystone. Both main rooms on both floors retain original wooden fire surrounds,dado panelling, shutters, window and door surrounds. Study also retains fire surround and dado panelling, a bolection moulded fireplace survives in room above. Kitchen has beams and large inglenook, with original back stairs off. All the doors and doorways survive. This house has an extremely complete interior. Inspected 7 December 1990.

Listing NGR: SE8873000899