Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1951. Country house. 1 related planning application.

Manor House

WRENN ID
sacred-cobble-indigo
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1951
Type
Country house
Address
Manor House, Holwell
OS grid reference
ST 689 104
Coordinates
50.89225, -2.4432
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor House is a country house dating from the 16th century, with significant rebuilding completed in 1889. It is constructed of coursed, squared rubble and features a stone slate roof with gable ends and stacks positioned in various locations. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a total of four bays. The stone mullioned windows consist of four lights on the first two storeys, while the porch and gabled dormers have three lights. A projecting two-storey porch is located in the third bay from the left. There is a 19th-century external stack to the left of the porch, which includes a possibly medieval head corbel that has been reset. Additionally, a reset medieval figure of a woman in flowing robes can be found on the west end wall. Inside, there is a 16th-century plaster frieze located in the west end of the south range.

Local climate

Manor House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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