Salwarpe Court

SO 86 SE SALWARPE CP SALWARPE

4/235 Salwarpe Court

29.12.52 GV II*

Manor house, now house. c1580 rebuilding of earlier structure with mid-C19 alterations. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, brick replacement walling and additions, plain tiled roofs, hipped at east end. Medieval plan; main range on west/east axis with hall of two framed bays, through-passage bay and two service bays at east end and solar cross-wing of two framed bays, possibly reduced from three bays, at west end; upper bay of hall has a south single bay extension which lies flush with the pro- jecting cross-wing gable end, and the through-passage bay has a gabled porch wing; large external brick chimney with tiled offsets and star-shaped shafts at east gable end; other chimneys to main ridge and rear have similar shafts but they are C19. Two storeys. Framing: two rows of close-set vertical studding to each storey; cross-wing and hall wing gable ends have collar- and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts; the first floor of the cross-wing and the hall wing are jettied on curved brackets to the south elevation; the first floor of the porch wing is also jettied with a moulded bressummer carried on moulded brackets and the uppermost row of panels project still further on a coved jetty. South front elevation: windows are all C19; hall and upper service bay have 4- and 5-light wood mullioned windows with transoms, one to each bay on both floors; porch has a wide plank and battened door flanked by moulded timber posts, a 4-light mullion and transom window on the first floor and enriched bargeboards; lower service bay has two cross-casements on each floor; cross-wing gable end has a 4-light ground floor casement and a 6-light first floor casement and a door to the lower right side. Interior,: roof and main structure, including first floor and ceilings (at wall-plate level throughout) are of one build; roof structure has collar-and-tie-beam trusses with raking struts and a single row of trenched purlins. Fireplaces and fittings all altered in C19. The house was the seat of the Talbot family. The medieval features such as the plan, jetty construction and purlin/ principal jointing system were probably all inherited from the earlier structure on the site.

Listing NGR: SO8755862089