Little Manor

THORNDON THWAITE ROAD TM 16 NW 3/107 Little Manor (formerly listed as Red House and 29.7.55 under Standwell Green) - II Former farmhouse. First half of C16 with early C17 alterations. Timber framed and plastered with a pantiled roof. 2 storeys and attic. Continuous jetty to front. 3-cell form with later rear service wing to left. 5 windows, late C19 coupled 4-pane and single 6-paned sashes. Lobby entrance: C19 half- glazed door. Internal stack with 2 detached sawtooth-pattern shafts, that to the left rebuilt; linked caps. External stack on left gable end has brick dated 1828. Rear wing has brackets to ends of wallplates (concealed by later addition). Some good framing visible internally, notably the close-studded former outside wall (now within a later rear addition) with herringbone brick nogging. The nogging shows evidence for original colourwashing and lining of the joints. Rear wall has 2 original windows with chamfered mullions and one ovolo-mullioned window of c.1600 with early leaded glass. Hall has axial bridging beam and closely-spaced chamfered joists. No evidence for studded partition between hall and service end. Evidence for partial axial partition within service area. Parlour has good 4-division panelled plaster ceiling of early C17 date, and the remains of a contemporary fireplace with wide depressed brick arch. In rear wall of parlour, a wide segmental-arched keyed opening with reeded jambs leads into a C18 addition. Roof over hall and service end is of clasped purlin form, with arched wind braces. Over the parlour this roof has been replaced by one of early C17 butt purlin form, the C16 rafters turned over and re-used. Rear wing has some heavy C16 framing but has been partially rebuilt, perhaps to make it wider. Roof of butt purlin form, with a ridge piece, perhaps of c.1700.

Listing NGR: TM1317669795