Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Farmhouse.
Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stranded-obsidian-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farmhouse is a building dating from the mid-18th century, with 19th-century and 20th-century alterations. Originally a stable and services block, it was converted into a house with outbuildings in the 20th century. The construction materials are limestone ashlar, some coursed or rubble work, stone slate, and double Roman tile and pantile roofs.
The building has a shallow range set against a rising bank to the rear, with a central square pyramidal pavilion. A lower hipped range extends to the left, with a single-bay extension of around 1970 in matching style, and a low stable or carriage block to the right. To the outer end is a gabled two-storey wing, with a low stable building beyond. The central pavilion has a central oculus flanked by plain sash windows, and a pyramidal roof with a stone ball finial. The long range to the left has three hipped dormers with twelve-pane sashes, and a pediment with a ventilating oculus between bays two and three. A late extension on the ground floor features a glazed door, twelve and four-pane sashes, and a glazed door with a three-pane transom light. The carriage block to the right has a central pediment with an oculus above two plank and batten doors, with moulded imposts flanking piers and wide openings with paired plank carriage doors. A heavy moulded cornice runs above the first floor, and the carriage block has a blocking course with a parapet. Coped gables are at the outer ends, with two ridge stacks to the left and two flanking the central pavilion. A single-storey hipped bay, set back at an angle with the remainder of the building, has a twelve-pane sash window. Adjacent is a two-storey ashlar unit with wide segmental-headed openings at each level and a small casement on the return. A long, low stable building with a pantile roof extends to the right, comprising nine bays, including four eaves ventilators and a plank stable door. A range runs as a lean-to against an outer boundary wall, with a coping serving as capping. The rear elevation is mainly rubble, incorporating an eight-pane sash hipped dormer. The central block has a flat-roofed extension to the ground floor, brought out to the boundary wall, and the carriage wing has three ashlar stacks.
The interior has mostly 20th-century modifications and was not inspected. The central pavilion faces a ground floor entry to a dovecote within the garden. The Manor Farmhouse gardens were redesigned in 1929 by Rolfe and Peto and may be responsible for some of the alterations to the house.
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