Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. Manor house. 5 related planning applications.

Manor House

WRENN ID
final-stair-juniper
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1954
Type
Manor house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Manor house, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, now used as a nursing home. The building is constructed of brick with moulded brick bands and a moulded brick capping to the plinth. It has an old-tile hipped roof with moulded wooden eaves and a 20th-century hipped-tiled turret addition. Four axial brick ridge stacks are present. The building follows a double-pile plan.

The exterior is two storeys with an attic and cellar. The north front has a seven-window range, with the central three bays projecting forward. Throughout, windows are 6/6 sashes with painted reveals, sills, and gauged brick lintels. A moulded wooden doorcase with two fluted Doric pilasters and a plain entablature with cornice fronts a later 6-panelled divided door. Four box dormers are visible with 3/6 sashes.

The east return side is partly obscured by a 19th-century two-storey link to a stable block. The west return side shows three bricked-up window recesses, two box dormers, and a ground-floor lean-to constructed of tiled brick.

The rear elevation features two 6/6 sash windows on each floor at each end. The left-hand pairs of windows mirror those of the front elevation, while the right-hand windows have been restored, featuring moulded surrounds. A tall 8/4 sash window with a moulded case is centrally positioned, adjacent to a bricked-up window recess. A central 5-panelled partly-glazed door stands alongside a 3-light casement window. Four box dormers complete the rear elevation, again with 3/6 sashes.

The interior includes a hall with a curved oak staircase, featuring a toad-back handrail, three column-on-vase balusters per tread, and open treads with carved strings. There's an oak dado with fielded panels and fluted vertical framing. Early 19th-century 6-panelled doors are set within panelled doorcase reveals. The hall retains an early 19th-century beaded cornice. A carved marble fireplace with Bacchanalian figures on pilasters and festoons on the overmantel is a notable feature. West-facing front and back rooms have moulded plaster cornices and carved marble fireplaces; the front room includes a plaster frieze with Corinthian columns above a large niche on the end wall.

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