Manor Farmhouse

SK 73 SW 5/1 25.9.79

COLSTON BASSETT BAKER'S LANE (east side) Manor Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. 1625 right gable wall and projecting chimney breast, the rest a rebuild of 1784. The C17 work of coursed squared rubble with quoins, the rest of red brick with stone quoins and plinth and a blue slate roof. Bracketted eaves, stone-coped gables on square brick kneelers, brick end stacks. 3-bay facade with central rear wing forming a T-plan. Two storeys and garret. The near-symmetrical facade has an off-centre segmental-headed doorway with later panelled door and tripartite over-light, flanked by segmental-headed windows with tripartite, transomed casements. Tall, narrow stair window, above the door, with leaded panes and a single transom. Either side, single tripartite casements. The right return has the broad C17 stack which reduces with offsets. Small chamfered light to each side at 1st floor level under a drip moulding which continues across the stack. Bipartite 8-pane window. The upper part of the stack is of brick with a reset stone plaque which reads EH MH.1625 The rear wing has 12-pane segmental headed sashes, and in the gable is a tablet inscribed TC 1784. Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SK7010133181