Ningwood Manor House

SHALFLEET

SZ48NW WELLOW ROAD 1354-0/6/271 Ningwood Manor House 18/01/67

GV II*

Manor house, now house. Part of rear wing is of c.1650 with principal range of c.1784 built by John Pinhorn and an early C19 extension to the rear. South front of c.1780 is of coursed stone rubble with ashlar dressings and rusticated quoins. Slate roof with end stone chimney- stack. 2 storeys 5 windows. 12-pane sashes with horns. Central door-case with wooden Tuscan portico and 6 panelled door approached up a flight of 5 stone steps. Moulded stone eaves cornice and most unusual balustrade with 3 fluted urns, the central one with swags, and 4 sections of balustrading and 2 sections with chinoiserie panels. To the rear are stone rubble wings with hipped tiled roofs, the left hand section having stone plinth. 1st floor has one 12-paned sash, 1 triple casement and a double casement and a C19 casement to the ground floor. The centre part is recessed with 2 1st floor 12-pane sashes and 2 ground floor 16-pane sashes. Interior has c.1784 staircase with 3 turned balusters to each step and plastered soffit. One of the original Domesday Manors, in the C12 it passed to the Priory of Christchurch and remained as a monastic grange until 1536. In 1784 John Pinhorn Esq., a banker in London and a native of Newport built the south wing. (C W R Winter: The manor Houses of the Isle of Wight: 109 - 110; Blackmansbury Nos 5 & 6 (Oct and Dec 1970): 82 - 87).

Listing NGR: SZ4015288797