The Manor House

PRINCETHORPE COVENTRY ROAD SP47SW (South side) 5/39 The Manor House

GV II

Manor house. C16. Small projecting wing on right of north front dated 1636; wing behind it largely rebuilt early/mid C19. North front refaced and left range added mid/late C19. Timber framed: C16 range has close studding and large framing with plaster infill to garden. 1636 wing has small framing with braces, and underbuilding and infill of whitewashed brick. Rebuilding and refacing of brick. Old plain-tile roof; C19 brick ridge and internal stacks. U-plan extended to complex F-plan, with wings to garden. 2 storeys; 6-window range. 1636 wing has late C20 bow window. Moulded bressumer. First floor is largely underbuilt. Old 3-light leaded wood mullioned and transomed window has some crown glass. Gable bressumer has date. Left return side has exposed framing. Main range has leaded 2-light casement in angle on first floor. Small amount of sandstone ashlar to centre. Large central gable. C19 wood mullioned and transomed windows and a first floor casement, mostly of 3 lights, have a glazing bar. Ground floor has large 4-light window on left. Left return side has small porch with chamfered Tudor arch and part-glazed door. Right return side has zig-zag cornice. C19 and C20 casements. South front to garden has left wing of brick. Gable with corbelling. Whitewashed right return side has late C20 three-light casements. Centre and left return side of right wing have exposed studding. Centre has late C20 glazed door and tall narrow C19 five-light window. C19 three-light casement above. Irregular gabled staircase projection, possibly C17, on right is mostly of large framing. C20 window on right. First floor has C20 four-light casement. Gable has cambered bressumer. Right wing is rendered, over timber framing and stone and brick plinth. C20 three-light casements. C19 stack in angle between wing and right range has chamfered shafts. C19 right range has large gable. Altered ground floor has C20 glazed door with overlight and large conservatory window under single wood lintel. Two 3-light casements above. Host windows throughout have glazing bars. Interior has exposed framing and heavy ceiling beams. Room in right wing has open fireplace with chamfered bressumer and bread oven. Dining room has open fireplace with chamfered bressumer and cupboard with double-leaf moulded panelled doors. Broad-chamfered ceiling beam has ogee stop. Window has C19 sliding shutter. Staircase hall has Tudor-arched chamfered doorway with moulded beam above. Straight flight staircase with winders has X-framed balustrade. Enclosed straight-flight staircase with winders, possibly C17, has door with H-L hinges. First-floor room has massive jowled posts and chamfered cambered tie beam. Moulded wood mullions of former window. Several rooms have moulded plank doors, fielded 4-panelled doors or 2-panelled doors.

Listing NGR: SP4009070813