Number 12 ( The Manor House) And Number 14 (Barton Cottage)

SP1051 10/81 01/02/67

BIDFORD-ON-AVON WELFORD ROAD (South side) Barton No. 12 (The Manor House) and No.14 (Barton Cottage) (Formerly listed as Manor House)

GV II

Manor house, now divided into 2. Datestone inscribed 'JOHN PAYTON ANNO DOMINI 1663' C18/early C19 wing on right. Lias ashlar with alternating broad and narrow courses, and limestone dressings. Left gable of colour- washed C19 brick. Wing of red brick with brick dentil cornice. Tile roof, stone slates to left cross-wing. Brick internal and end chimneys. L-plan with cross wing on left and coped cross gable on right. Two storeys and attic, 5-window range, 2-window wing. C17 studded door with traces of incised lozenge pattern in moulded wood surround with later overlight above lintel, and cement dressings. Barton Cottage has entrance next to cross-wing: C19 4-panelled half-glazed door with moulded wood surround and late C20 porch of coursed lias with tile roof. Stone mullioned 2 and 3-light windows with hood moulds. Cross-wing has 4-light ground floor windows with king mullion, and C19 attic casement under segmental arch. Left return side has 2 blocked 2-light windows on 1st floor. Rear wing has some exposed close studding with later brick infill. Interior: Barton Cottage has some exposed framing, and in the kitchen a large open fireplace, now partially blocked, with broad stop chamfered bressumer. (V.C.H. : Warwickshire, Vol III, p.51).

Listing NGR: SP1078651196