The Manor House Taylors And Rockingham Motorcycles

SOUTHAM MARKET HILL SP4161 (East side) 13/71 The Manor House: 'Taylors' and 07/01/52 'Rockingham Motorcycles' (Formerly listed as Premises occupied by J. Shaw)

GV II

House. Mid/late C16, with mid C18 additions. Whitewashed coursed stone to ground floor with rendered timber-framed first floor, the herringbone and decorative-brace framing beneath render. C20-tile roof with large stone ridge stack with four C17 flues diagonally set. L-shaped plan with jettied first floor. 2 storeys plus attic; 2-window range to west and to north. Ground floor windows to west, north and east are each of 4 lights with hollow-chamfered mullions and transom, with king mullion. C19 canted bay shop front to ground floor right of west facade. First floor windows to north are of 5 lights with ovolo-moulded wood mullions and transom, and are supported on moulded brackets. First floor of west facade has C18 bay with pediment, with a C19 three-light casement to right. Leaded-light casements in gables to north and west. C20 panelled/glazed door with C17 doorcase to west. Jettied first floor and jettied gables have moulded sole-plates and are supported on carved scroll and figure brackets. Moulded bargeboards to north, with carved vine-scroll bargeboards to west. C18 range to right has 2-light casements to first floor with glazed door and C20 plate-glass shop front to ground floor. C20 extension to right. Early C18 outbuilding range to rear, of brick in flenish bond with flared headers and stone quoins. C20 garage doors and shop front. Interior: ground and first floor rooms have ovolo- and hollow-moulded spine beams with stops. One first floor room has a fireplace with four-centred head and moulded surround with carved rosette stops. Timber-framed partition wall to first floor. C16 roof remains, With purlins and braces visible. C18 range has stop-chamfered spine beams. Outbuilding range to rear has Queen-post roof and chamfered spine beams with small stepped stops. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Val.VI, p.220).

Listing NGR: SP4188661797