Old Manor House

HALFORD QUEEN'S STREET SP2545 (West side) 6/104 Old Manor House 02/09/52

GV II

Manor house now house. C16 with mid/late C17 and C20 extensions. Timber-frame and finely regular jointed coursed limestone rubble. Steeply pitched red tile and stone slate roofs. Brick ridge and end stacks. L-plan. Early part: ground floor of regular coursed limestone rubble. Upper floor of close studded timber-frame and plaster. Renewed wood windows. Plank door and wood door-frame. C17 part to right: 2 storeys. 4-window range. Narrow part to left between C16 and C17 builds has C20 windows. 2-unit main part with a further unit on the right. Ground floor has a 4-light stone-mullioned window with king mullion, cavetto section and small opening lights. A 3-light stone-mullioned window to right, of cavetto section. First floor has three 3-light stone-mullioned windows, 2 of ovolo section and one of cavetto section. All mullioned windows have hood moulds and label stops. Stone coping to right. Later part has stone slate roof. Interior not inspected. (Buildings of England: Warwickshire, 1981 edn, p303). (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol. V, 1949, p89).

Listing NGR: SP2586545700