Manor Farmhouse

TL 2167-2166 6/5, 7/5 24.10.51

OFFORD CLUNY HIGH STREET (EAST SIDE) No. 153 (MANOR FARMHOUSE)

GV II

Late C16 farmhouse with gable end to road, enlarged in the early C17 by the addition of jettied wings. Late in C17 the two storey range to the road was added and this was extended by one bay to the South. Late C16 house timber framed and rendered. Plain tile gabled roofs with original red brick ridge stack. One storey and attics. The North side has a five gabled oriel window at first floor. Of three leaded lights with cyma and roll moulding to mullions. The ground floor casement is also original. In the early C17 the stair turret on the North side was added. Jettied on two sides with dragon beam at angle. Gabled roof parallel to C16 range. At about the same time the South wing was added. Of one bay, jettied. C18 horizontal sliding sashes, one to each floor. The late C17 Northwest wing, facing the road, is also timber framed and rendered. Plain tiled with large projecting stack to rear wall. Two storeys. Each storey has three late C17 or early C18 casements of three leaded lights with smaller header lights. The entry is now in the South wall of the C16 house. Interior. C16 house of three bays. The hall has a large, sealed inglenook and the chamber above also has a hearth. This chamber originally had a window in the South wall, but this was blocked when the jettied bay to the South was added in the early C17. The ground floor room of this bay has C18 panelled cupboards with a dentilled cornice. the late C17 North West wing has a large inglenook at ground floor. R.C.H.M. (Hunts), p187, mon.3

Listing NGR: TL2193367004