Bearley Manor And Barn Adjoining

BEARLEY

SP16SE SNITTERFIELD ROAD 1457-1/5/8 (North side (off)) 02/08/72 Bearley Manor and barn adjoining (Formerly Listed as: BEARLEY Manor House)

GV II

Manor house, incorporating former farm buildings to right and barn, now garage, to far right at rear. c1600 with earlier origins to cellar and later additions and alterations including C19 stuccoing to front facade and C19 and C20 rebuilding to rear, with extension to right 1950s; barn late C18 to rear right. Main facade to garden front. Small timber-framing to left part with unpainted stucco front facade and pinkish-brown brick to rear, with plain-tile roof. Irregular plan. EXTERIOR: original two bays to left, projecting off-centre range is taller and has crow-stepped gable, and further range to right. 2 storeys with attics, 6-window range. Off-centre entrance to taller range: glazed door behind Doric porch with frieze and dentil cornice. Mainly 2-, 3-, and 4-light metal casement windows throughout; to ground floor left is a canted bay with 4- plus 4-pane French windows to centre and 6/6 sashes to sides; further 8/8 sash; above entrance a 2-light casement with Gothic glazing; small inserted window to right range, first-floor left. Attic has fixed-light to left and casement to taller range. Further casement to left gable end. Raised parapet with copings. Roof hipped to taller range, otherwise gabled roof. To left end an external stack, otherwise ridge and rear stacks with cornices. Barn at right-angles at rear right now has garage doors. INTERIOR: staircase to taller range is curved on plan and has stick balusters and wreathed handrail. Plank and 6-panel doors. Cellar has brick floor, believed to be Elizabethan. Barn adjoining has queen strut roof. Bearley Manor Barn (qv) and Cart shed (qv) form a group with Manor Cottage (qv) and Tudor Cottage (qv). (Victoria County History: Styles P (ed): County of Warwick: Barlichway Hundred: London: 1945-: 43).

Listing NGR: SP1815660650