Manor House

PALMERSTON STREET 1. (West Side) 1559 Nos 19 & 21 (Manor House)

SU 3521 4/72 28.8.51.

II GV

1. C15 to C16. Restored 1929. 2-storeys and attic. Almost symmetrical front of 3 gables with northernmost gable in recession. A small additional gable occurs between central and left hand gable with entrance door under. Each gable has contemporary moulded bargeboards. Timber-frame with brick infilling, plastered in northern gable, and of herringbone pattern in centre gable; red brick infilling (stretchers only) in southern gable. Centre gable is more elaborate than remainder in treatment with moulded trimming beam on cut corner brackets under oversailing 1st floor. Upper parts to other gables oversail with plain joists under. Old tile roof. Southern and central gables each have one 3-light casement window in centre (including attic) some C18, some modern, with rectangular lead panes. The north gable has one 2-light, C18, lattice paned casement and 6-panel door to north (6 flush panels with upper 2 panels cut away and glazed). The main door is modern, set in deep recess with original moulded oak frame with 4-centred pointed head and moulded spandrels. Small window on 1st floor in small gable over door. Modern lead guttering (dated 1929).

All the listed buildings in Palmerston Street with Nos 70 to 84 (even) and 47 to 55 (odd) The Hundred form a group.

Listing NGR: SU3547521067