Dinmore Manor House

SO 45 SE DINMORE CP -

1/2 Dinmore Manor House

• 26.1.67 GV II

Manor house. Medieval origins, substantially rebuilt in late C16, altered c1830 and extended c1928. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, plain tiled roofs, brick stacks. Rectangular plan with main front facing south consisting of larger part to east and lower part to west. East part: two storeys, three gables, outer two with chimneys, central one with a 3- light attic window and two cross-casements on first floor, a range of similar windows to right hand side, all these under labels; datestone of 1830 on ground floor square projecting 2-light C20 bay with flat roof concealed by parapet; small garret light in the corner of left hand gable. West part: two storeys and attic under gabled Cotswold dormers. Three windows, the two right hand windows correspond to C18 work and the left to a further extension indicated by a date stone of 1928. Entrance at east end of the north front under a mid-C19 oriel and through a re-set C13 or C14 doorway. On the east elevation are two late C19 bay windows, the north one is canted. Interior not inspected. [RCHM, Vol II, p 68; Richard Hollins Murray: Dinmore Manor and the Commandery of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem at Dinmore, Herefordshire (1936, revised 1983)].

Listing NGR: SO4859850312