The Manse

TL 7031-7131 5/162 21.12.67

WETHERSFIELD THE GREEN (north side) The Manse

GV II

House. Late C16, altered in early C17. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays facing S, with stack in middle bay against front wall, and C17 one-bay extension to right. C17 rear wing at right end. 2 storeys and attics, rear wing of one storey and attics. 3-window range of C18 3-light windows, restored. 2 feature gables and central gabled dormer, each with one C18 2-light window, restored. Door with 6 fielded panels and shallow hood on scrolled brackets. Grouped diagonal shafts. Jowled posts, close studding with tension braces trenched inside studs. Some weathering on right surface of studding of original right wall, now an internal partition. Large wood-burning hearth with replaced mantel beam facing right, blocked hearth facing left. Chamfered axial beams with lamb's tongue-plus-bar stops in original build, lamb's tongue stops in right extension, and plain joists of horizontal section. Late C18 half-round pine cupboard behind stack, with fluted pilasters and dentilled cornice. Edge-halved and bridled scarf in rear wallplate, and diamond mortices and mullions of unglazed windows. In rear wall at first floor, C17 2-light window with arched heads and ovolo mouldings. Original attic floor with chamfered beams, lamb's tongue stops and rebated floorboards. Clasped purlin roof with arched wind braces, and some re-used medieval rafters. The feature gables have been inserted after the original construction. An original unglazed window with diamond mullions survives in one gable of the attic. On the upper storey of the rear wing, late C18 cast iron ducknest grate. RCHM 12.

Listing NGR: TL7114131284