Manor House is a Grade I listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. A C.1585 House, manor house.
Manor House
- WRENN ID
- idle-terrace-hawthorn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1962
- Type
- House, manor house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House, dating from around 1585, is believed to have been built for William Mallory, who died in 1586. It features plaster cartouches displaying the Mallory arms and initials in both the hall and chamber. The house underwent additions in the mid-17th century and around 1700, with a service wing added in the 20th century. The structure incorporates re-used medieval Barnack limestone, limestone and clunch dressings, 17th-century red brick plastered, early 18th-century red brick, and modern red brick. It has plain tile gabled and hipped roofs, with two stacks, one of which has two patterned shafts.
The original late 16th-century house is preserved as the hall, with a crosswing to the north and a stair turret to the west at the angle of the two ranges. The main south entrance leads into a screens passage that was likely demolished in the 17th century when the west wing was added. A further addition around 1700 completed the square plan.
The west elevation features red brick with a band at the first floor and a plinth, along with a moulded wooden eaves cornice. There is a canted bay window to the left of a six-panelled door and a three-light horizontal sliding sash window to the right, with three similar first-floor windows above, all with flat gauged brick arches. The south elevation is plastered with coved eaves and includes two ground floor stone mullioned and transomed windows with shouldered architraves and cornices, as well as three similar first-floor windows. A 16th-century blocked doorway with a four-centred arched head is located to the right.
The east elevation retains the original 16th-century facade, featuring a restored two-storey canted bay window in the crosswing and a three-light attic window, along with one restored and one original five-light transomed window in the main range.
Inside, the Manor House boasts outstanding plastered ceilings, wall paintings in a small attic oratory, a garderobe closet, 16th-century clunch chimney pieces, and later 17th and 18th-century brick hearths. The fine 16th-century windbraced roof is complemented by later 17th and 18th-century roofs.
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