The Manor House

SUTTON COURTENAY CHURCH STREET SU5094 (West side) 7/102 The Manor House 06/08/52 (Formerly listed as No.7 (The Manor House including gatepiers and barn)) GV II*

Manor house. C12 origins. C16, with C17 alterations. Stone coursed rubble to ground floor: roughcast probably on timber-framing to first floor; cross-gable old plain-tile roof; various brick stacks, some rebuilt C20. U-plan. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range, the right 2 bays project. Plank door to centre with overlight. Irregular fenestration mostly of C20 casements to original openings, those to first floor have floating cornices. 5 cross-gables, each with 2-light casement and richly carved bargeboards. Left return: stone coursed rubble to ground floor; close-studded timber-framing to first floor with rendered infill. 2 storeys and attic: 5-window range. Irregular fenestration of casements, with Ipswich window to first floor centre. Right return: 5-bay loggia to ground floor, having Doric columns supporting flattened arches with central pineapple pendant bosses. Ipswich windows to first floor, with Doric pilasters between and Corinthian pilasters to ends, Rear: 3-bay central range with cross-wings. Left cross-wing has flattened arches with central pineapple pendant bosses. Ipswich windows to first floor with Corinthian pilasters between supporting cornice with pulvinated frieze. Interior: late C17 dog-leg staircase with baluster balustrade, from ground floor to attic of main range. Arch-braced collar truss roof to north range. Raised base-cruck trusses to main range with cusping below collar. Cl6 four-centre arched stone fireplace to dining room. [Buildings of England: Berkshire; p236, 1975)

Listing NGR: SU5023094140