Manor Farmhouse

RATCLIFFE ON SOAR CHURCH LANE SK 42 NE 3/53 Manor Farmhouse 13.10.66 G.V. II Farmhouse. Early C18 for Nathaniel Curzon. Red brick. Ashlar plinth. Plain tile roof, single red brick stack to each ridge. Brick coped gables with kneelers. Double depth plan. Gabled entrance front of 2 storeys plus garret, 3 bays. First floor band and band over first floor openings. Central doorway with panelled door, C19 ashlar lintel and open wood, brick and plain tile porch. Either side are single sashes. Above are 3 cross casements. All ground and first floor windows with flush wedge brick lintels. In each garret is a single casemet under segmental arch with keyblock, over each is a band of raised brick and dentil. To the right, set back, is a 2 storey plus cellar, 2 bay, red brick, ashlar and plain tile wing with right red brick gable stack and first floor band to the left single bay. Single arched brick cellar opening in ashlar surround. Above is a single cross casement. 2 similar casements above, all with flush wedge brick lintels. Interior has dogleg staircase with C17 turned balusters. The old manor house was pulled down by Nathaniel Curzon in 1719 and a new house was erected. Throsby, John and Thoroton, Robert (edited and enlarged by) The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire.

Listing NGR: SK4942428799