Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A C16 Manor house. 5 related planning applications.

Manor House

WRENN ID
long-terrace-pigeon
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1963
Type
Manor house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Manor house, likely dating from the 16th century, with a wing dated 1601. The building is constructed of limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring an old plain-tile roof and brick stacks. It has an H-plan, comprising a main range of one storey plus attics, and crosswings of two storeys plus attics.

The front of the main range has a central studded door set within a double-ovolo moulded frame. To the left are two four-light wooden mullioned and transomed windows, and to the right, a four-light mullioned window and a three-light casement, all protected by 18th-century segmental arches. Three hipped half-dormers with 20th-century frames are visible in the roof. The right bay is a later addition. The right cross wing has stone mullioned windows of five, four, and three lights in the gable wall, featuring ovolo moulding, labels, and old leaded lights. The gable wall of the left cross wing incorporates a two-storey canted bay with stone mullioned and transomed windows and a crenellated parapet. Rendered panels within the gable are inscribed "ANNO/1601" and "T:A:A:A.” The return wall on the left has been altered, but retains three reset stone mullioned and transomed windows at first floor level. The rear gable retains a three-light stone mullioned and transomed window at first floor. A reset studded door with a moulded frame is present at the rear, and a cased lead pump is attached to the rear wall.

The interior of the 1601 wing features elaborate intersecting double-ovolo moulded beams. In the ground floor of the main range, to the left of the former screens passage, are inserted beams. Surviving timber-framed gable elements and parts of the roof structure of the former hall remain, along with remnants of the solar. Several four-centre arched stone fireplaces are present, some having been reset. The right wing contains heavy chamfered spine beams with some chamfered and stopped joists, and a large open fireplace with a brick lining. It is thought to have originally been a detached kitchen, later linked to the hall range by an added bay.

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