East Manor House

TQ 04SW BRAMLEY C.P. HIGH STREET (West Side)

5/35 East Manor House 9/3/60 (Formerly listed as East Manor House and attached cottages).

GV II*

House. Principal range circa 1540, with later C16 and C17 extensions. Timber framed on rendered plinth with whitewashed render infill to exposed frame, some brick cladding to ground floor and plain tiled roofs. Irregular plan with main range to south, gabled cross wing to east end (facing street) and wing to north at right angles. Two storeys with attics in gables. Street front:- Large gable to right with Queen-post truss, and diagonal bracing to first floor. One leaded five-light window to first floor, one three-light and one two-light window on the ground floor. Offset stack to left and large C17 sandstone and brick crow- stepped stack to left end. Single storey screen wall to left of centre with round arched, ribbed and studded door. Left hand return front (Principal front) facing south:- Two storeys, jettied on moulded bressumer to first floor. Four framed bays to left with ogee bracing to first floor. Three leaded casement windows to first floor and two small, square bay windows below with further window between. One four-light window on each floor of gabled bay to right. Door to right of centre at junction with cross wing, massive multiple, corbelled stacks to ridge of rear wing to left. Rear:- Wings project to form courtyard with fine tall, gabled stair vice with decorative half-circle framing. Door to ground floor right with diamond shape framed panel over. Irregular, leaded fenestration above. Interior:- Substantial quantities of framing exposed and deep brick fireplaces. Stop chamfered spinebeams to main rooms. Original spiral central newel stair surviving. Some wall paintings of C16 date survive - some on beams and others on canvas attached to walls, including fragments of texts, and floral patterns.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.118. V.C.H. (1967 Edn) Vol. III. pp.80-86. SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS VOL. XXXVII (1926) p.83 Article on East Manor House by P.M. Johnston.

Listing NGR: TQ0105644510