Manor Farmhouse And Attached Walls And Gatepiers To East And West

MOLLINGTON MAIN STREET SP4447 (South side) 13/140 Manor Farmhouse and attached walls and gatepiers to E and W

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably mid C17 extended and remodelled mid C19. Squared coursed lias, with C19 plain tile roof. Originally 2-unit plan, now irregular U-shape. 2 storeys with attic. Main front is a 6-window range, with gabled cross-wing breaking forward to right. Four, 2-light, stone mullion windows, to first floor left are probably C17 with hood moulds and square label stops. Others are one-, 2- and 3-light mid C19 windows, some with stone mullions. C19 door, to right of centre, has pointed head. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers. Brick and stone stacks at ridge and similar lateral stack, rising from gablet, to far right. 2 bays, to right, are mid C19 additions. There is evidence of a straight joint at first floor, between the 2 builds. Left gable has 3, C17, stone mullion windows with hood moulds and square label slops, and one leaded casement, under wood lintel to ground floor right. Rear elevation, projecting gabled ring to right of centre is probably C17/C18 remodelled C19. Gabled cross-wing to right is C19. All windows to rear elevation have C19 stone mullions. Square head doorway, with chamfered stone surround, is probably, Cl7. C20 single-storey extension between porjecting wings. Wall attached to east of main front has built-up coping and gateway with C20 gates and square piers with ball finials, probably of late and C17/early C18 origin. Wall attached to west of main front encloses the front garden and has a similar pair of gatepiers, with moulded cornices. C20 gate. Section of wall attached to far west has a similar, truncated, gatepier attached and encloses part of the garden of Garden House and attached walls and gatepier to south, east and west (q.v.). Interior: room to right of entrance hall has C18 bolection moulded panelling, reset from a first floor room. Kitchen has chamfered spine beams. Staircase is mid C19. (Wood-Jones, R.B.: Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region: p141)

Listing NGR: SP4425947398