Old Manor

KEMERTON CP - SO 9436 - 9536 12/72 Old Manor - II

House. Mid-C17 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, painted brick replace- ment walling and refacing and machine-tiled roof with large brick stack to main ridge and C19 brick stack to rear south end of main ridge. Hall and cross-wing plan. Hall part of probably three framed bays aligned north/south with large chimney between northern and central bay forming former lobby-entry plan. Cross-wing is of two framed bays and is situated at north gable end. Two storeys. Framing: hall part has three panels from sill to wall-plate, long straight braces in the lower front corners and a collar and tie-beam truss with two struts below the collar and a V-strut in the apex at the south gable end. The cross-wing has a row of rectangular panels from girding- beam to wall-plate on its north side (some have a rail dividing them into two panels) with short straight cusped upper corner braces and there is a collar and tie-beam truss with two struts at both gable ends. West front elevation: irregular fenestration, windows are mainly C20 casements. Hall part has a 2- light and a single-light window and a 3-light and a 2-light window with plank weatherings on the ground floor. (The single-light window is inserted into the blocked doorway which once formed the lobby-entrance). There are three 2-light windows and two 3-light windows on the first floor. The gable end of the cross-wing has a 2-light window on both floors, the first floor window has a cambered head. The main entrance is at the rear. Attached to the hall part of the building is a West of England fire insurance mark.

Listing NGR: SO9446636637