Royston Manor House

SK 78 NW CLAYWORTH ST. PETER'S LANE (west side) 1/17 Royston Manor House 28.2.52 II

Manor house, now Hotel. 1588, rebuilt 1891, with C19 additions. Coursed squared rubble and brick, rendered with hipped pantile roof. Rubble plinth and quoins, rendered eaves, balustrade, coped gables with kneelers. 2 roof, 2 rear wall and single side wall stacks. 2 storeys plus garrets, 6 bays. Windows are mostly C19 mullioned and transomed casements. West front has doorway with chamfered surround and overlight, flanked to left by a single casement and to right by a 3 light casement. Above, 3 casements of different sizes, and above again, a single flat roofed dormer. Main south front has 3 projecting full height gabled bays and 2 storey flat roofed extruded corner to left. Off-centre C20 lean-to glazed porch, flanked by 2 large casements. Above, 5 casements of different sizes. Above again, to left, small single casement. East front has central C20 glazed lean-to porch containing C19 Tudor arched moulded doorway with flanking light. Flanked by single casements and to left by another single casement. Above, 4 casements. At rear, C19 link, 2 storeys, 2 bays, and higher C19 2 storey, 2 bay service wing, brick with pantile roofs. Single side wall stack and 2 gable stacks, one external. C20 external stair to first floor door. Interior has C19 moulded cornices and beams. Room in south west corner has C16 moulded Tudor arched fireplace with fragment of Cl7 panelling above. Single Cl7 panelled cupboard door.

Listing NGR: SK7250688195