Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C17 Manor house.
Manor House
- WRENN ID
- over-tower-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Manor house
- Period
- C17
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House, dated 1678 and associated with the Knapp family, is a notable example of 17th-century architecture. Constructed from coursed rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, it features a Cotswold stone roof and represents a late instance of the traditional gabled style. The building is two storeys high with an attic and has a continuous string course over the ground and first floors, from which drip returns frame the windows. The facade consists of a 2:1:2 bay arrangement, with cross mullion windows that have edge chamfers, although the mullions are only present in the attic and the left-hand windows on the ground floor.
A projecting gabled tower porch adds to the structure's character, along with two attic gables topped with ball finials at the coped verges. The house features ashlar end chimneys and a central mid-19th century doorway. Inside, there is a well-designed staircase with short landing flights, heavy turned balusters, and a made handrail topped with ball finials. The interior also boasts three Tudor-arch fireplaces, including a particularly fine one on the first floor to the west. At the rear, there is a gabled stair turret, two dormer gables, and a Victorian service wing that includes some matching details to the north and an angled bay on the ground floor.
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