Almeley Manor

ALMELEY CP - SO 35 SW 1/5 Almeley Manor 20.2.53 GV II* House. Probably C16 with C17 and early C20 additions. Sandstone rubble plinth and timber-frame with brick infill. Sandstone slate roofs and brick end stacks. Rectangular plan aligned west-north-west/east-south- east with southern porch. Two storeys and attic. South elevation has 3:1:1:1 windows, late C20 square casements with projecting gabled porch to right of centre and gable front to right-hand side. Gable has one 3-light contemporary window to each storey. Ground floor of main range has two 2-light windows to left-hand side and between them and the porch a 3-light window. To the right of the porch is a small single-light window. Lower timber-framed extension to left of main range has one 2- light window. Porch has two storeys with sandstone rubble return walls to ground storey and timber-framed upper storey. Lintel over entry is brattished. First storey has 2-light window. Tie-beam of gable is supported on projecting brackets. In the gable is a king-post with herringbone struts. Tie-beam resembles a re-used joist. Within the porch is plaster-filled framing and to the left a ledged door. Frame has two square panels up to first floor level and, to the left of the porch, two more to first floor. To right of porch first floor has narrow studding as does gable of porch and the right-hand gable which also has herringbone struts. Attached to rear is early C20 extension. Interior has C16 ceiling in principal eastern room comprising 16 panels with multiple roll moulded margins and subsidiary pyramidally chamfer-stopped joists arranged in alternating orientation to produce chequerboard effect. Fireplace in same room has roll moulded stone jambs, and chamfered segmental oak lintel on which is a small inscription in block-letters. Adjacent is some C17 panelling with fluted margins. Entrance hall has a section of similar panelling made into a door. Western ground floor room of main range has Four-centred arch to stone fireplace, restored in mid-C20. First floor room of east part has two corbel heads in primitive style, possibly C12, re-set in fireplace. To the left is an ogee-headed niche. Two triangular headed blocked doorways in centre part; some roof trusses have angle struts; others queen struts. (BoE, p 65; RCHM, Vol III, p 6).

Listing NGR: SO3314051604