Manor Court Farmhouse

TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST STONE CROSS

7/596 Manor Court Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Late C18 (1780 according to the farmer), mid C19 extension. Flemish bond red brick and rear extension includes burnt headers and some tile-hung timber-framing at first floor level; brick stacks and chimneyshafts; peg-tile roof.

Plan: Basically a T-plan house facing north. Main front block has a 2-room plan, one each side of central entrance hall and main stair. Both rooms have projecting gable-end stacks. Kitchen in parallel block to rear of right room with a stack backing onto a rear block at right angles to the main block and set a little left (west) of centre.

2 storeys with lean-to outshots to rear of the kitchen and in the angle of the 2 wings to rear of the left end giving a square ground plan. Rear wings are C19 extensions or rebuilds behind the C18 front block.

Exterior: Symmetrical 3-window front of 16-pane sashes under flat brick arches (the centre first floor window smaller than the others). Central front doorway contains a part-glazed 6-panel door under a soffit-panelled flat hood with moulded edges supported on shaped timber brackets. Eaves have brick dentil cornice. Roof is gable-ended. Rear has C20 casements without glazing bars. Doorway at the back end of the rear block has a segmental arch over and contains a part-glazed 6-panel door under a curving hood on consoles.

Interior: Contains plain C18 and C19 carpentry and joinery.

Listing NGR: TQ5202039017