Kings Manor

FRESHWATER

SZ38NW NORTON GREEN 1354-0/4/223 Kings Manor 18/01/67

GV II

Large house. Early C18, restored and extended in matching style in C20. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. Hipped renewed tiled roof with 2 brick chimneystacks. 2 storeys and attics 4 windows. 2 C20 triple dormers. Band of bricks set on edge to eaves. Stone stringcourse and plinth. 4 12-pane sashes set in moulded architraves with flat keystones. Wide glazing bars, some with horns. M M carved above ground floor window. The original doorcase was removed from the south front when the extension was built c.1970. This is in matching materials of 1 bay with 4 sashes to side elevation. Entrance front has C20 open pedimented doorcase with semi-circular fanlight, 6 fielded panelled door and old stone shield above. North front has French window, 12 pane sash on 1st floor and C20 extensions to ground floor. East front has C20 windows. Interior has lounge fireplace, C18 wooden fireplace with swag frieze and floral architrave. Dining room has C18 fielded panelling and mantelpiece with ovolo moulding and console brackets. Kitchen has breadoven. The Corporation of London has a drawing of Kings Manor of the 1620s but an earlier house on the site.

Listing NGR: SZ3488188176