The Manor House

TL 46NW RAMPTON CHURCH END (North Side)

5/122 The Manor House 31.8.62 II

Manor house, early and late C17. Timber frame, almost completely cased in soft red brick, with broad mortar courses, later in C17. Part of left hand crosswing at rear is rendered. Plain tile roofs with original shaped end parapet to right hand crosswing. The gable end of the left hand crosswing has been rebuilt, but it was probably also shaped. Original projecting side stack with offsets to each crosswing and a similar stack to the rear wall of the centre range. The upper courses of the stacks have been rebuilt and the shafts have been replaced in the style of C17. Half H-plan, with the kitchen wing adjoining the rear of the right hand crosswing. Two storeys. Hall range has three brick band between storeys and hung sashes at first floor and one tripartite hung sash at ground floor. The doorway is in its original location at the low end of the ball, but the doorcase is C19 and of plain pilasters and entablature. The panelled door is also C19. Gable end of right hand crosswing has sealed window opening above an original triangular pediment of moulded brick. The windows at ground and first floor are both C20. The left hand has been much rebuilt at first floor level but retains the original band between the storeys. The windows are also C20. An early C17 door has been reset in a doorway at the rear of this crosswing. The adjoining kitchen wing is of red brick and dates from the casing of the house. Plain tiled with tumbled gable end parapet. Interior: The timber framing is visible in part in both crosswings. There are tabled scarf joints in the wall plates. Partition walls are also framed. The roof over the right hand crosswing is of butt purlin construction and that over the other crosswing is similar. The roof over the hall range has been rebuilt. The main entry is to a narrower hall and stairbay with the original framed partition walls. This entry bay is at the low end of the hall. The hall range has a rebuilt hearth at ground floor and that at first floor has been removed. The original plaster ceiling in the chamber over the hall is reported to be partially intact but is now obscured by a later ceiling. The left hand crosswing has an original red brick inglenook hearth and exposed ceiling joists of C17, laid on edge. The right hand crosswing has two early C17 clunch fireplaces. Both have four centred, moulded arches with "onion" shaped stops, in square heads. The fireplace at first floor is more intact. N. Lloyd. History of the English House p.474 (fig. 882) Cambridge Record Office. Map MS plans 177(R)

Listing NGR: TL4274268008