Manor Farmhouse And Attched Wall And Gateway

WOLSTON SP47SW 5/60 Manor Farmhouse and attached 04/12/51 wall and gateway (Formerly listed as Manor Farmhouse)

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Farmhouse and attached wall and gateway. Early C18 with mid Cl9 alterations. Flemish bond brick with sandstone dressings. Painted wood modillion and moulded cornice. Hipped and gabled old plain-tile roof; rebuilt brick ridge stacks. Central staircase plan. 2 storeys and attic; formerly 5 bays, now 3-window range. Symmetrical main front to garden has brick and moulded stone plinth, rusticated alternating quoins and string course. Bolection-moulded doorcase has carved keystone with mask, and large semi-circular pediment with remains of shell moulding. C20 half-glazed door. Ground floor has mid C19 brickwork and large 16-pane sashes with brick flat arches. First floor has first and fifth bays bricked up. Second bay has original sash. Central late C20 top-hung sash. Fourth bay has C19 sash. Gauged brick flat arches with stone console keystones to alternate bays. Two C19 roof dormers have 2-light casements with horizontal glazing bars. Roof is hipped to right. Left return side has twin gables. Irregular 2-storey wing at right angles. 4-bay right return side and 5-bay rear have most openings blocked or altered. Interior: open-well staircase has column-on-vase balusters. 2-panelled, 6-panelled and moulded plank doors. Attached wall and gateway at right angles on left of garden front. Early C18; gateway rebuilt mid C19. Brick with stone coping. Gateway has square piers and segmental arch. Stone ball finials on conical bases. The wall is approximately 2 metres high and 10 metres long.

Listing NGR: SP4380073358