The Old Manor House and the former Methodist Chapel (now a garage) is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. House, chapel.
The Old Manor House and the former Methodist Chapel (now a garage)
- WRENN ID
- wild-rotunda-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- House, chapel
- Address
- The Old Manor House and the former Methodist Chapel (now a garage), Upper Lambourn, RG17 8RG
- OS grid reference
- SU 315 803
- Coordinates
- 51.52143, -1.54655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Manor House and the former Methodist Chapel, now a garage, is a house dating from the mid-16th century, with 17th-century and modern additions. It is constructed from sarsen and flint rubble, featuring square chalk quoins and some brick dressings, topped with an old tile roof. The building has two chimneys made of rubble and brick located on the ridge and has an L-shaped plan, with a modern extension at the end of the cross wing. The house is two storeys tall with an attic at either end of the main wing. The windows are of various dates, featuring iron casements with leaded lights set in timber frames. The road-facing side is irregular, with shutters on the ground floor windows.
Inside, the main beam in the ground floor room is moulded with a double roll and roll and curve stop. There are heavy timber-framed partitions, and wind braces are visible in the main bedroom. Two 19th-century spiral staircases are located in what may have been the positions of earlier stairs.
Adjacent to the house is the former Methodist Chapel, which is now used as a garage. It has a simple gabled old tile roof and walls made of rubble and brick, along with a memorial tablet in the gable.
Local climate
The Old Manor House and the former Methodist Chapel (now a garage) receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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