Manor Cottage

CLOPTON MANOR ROAD TM 25 SW (East side) 8/25 Manor Cottage - G.V. II

House. Late C16/early C17. Timber-framed with colourwashed render and a thatched roof. Two storeys: 2-cell baffle-entry plan. Road front: three- light ground floor window at right with ovolo-moulded mullions, partially renewed, 2-light window at left of centre with C20 glazing and at left a 3- light and a 4-light window, both having diamond-section mullions, that at right renewed. To the first floor at left of centre a 2-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions. To the ridge at left of centre is a stack of 2 flues. Right hand gable end: 3-light window to the ground floor with ovolo-moulded surround, widened in the C20. First floor ovolo-moulded 3- light window. Planted fascia to the bressumer brought from Featherstone Hall. Rear: outshut to the length of the ground floor, mostly of C20 brick with a pantile roof. Within the outshut the rear wall of the house has close studding with a tension brace to the right hand corner. One 4-light window with diamond-section mullions and one 2-light window with ovolo- moulded surround and a plank door. Panels of wattle and daub infill showing at first floor level above the lean-to roof.

Interior: Close studded walling, chamfered ceiling beams and exposed joists and chamfered wall plate. Massive brick stack. Jowled wall posts to first floor level and exposed common rafters and wind bracing.

Listing NGR: TM2220553802