Slape Manor

SY 49 NE NETHERBURY SLAPE HILL

7/154 Slape Manor 4-12-1951 GV II*

Manor House. C17 core, c. late C18 refenestration, C19 extension, and extensive 1931 refashioning by E.P. Warren. Rubble stone walls with dressed stone quoins and rusticated stone quoins to centre bay. Slate roof, hipped, 2 stone stacks at ridge, one stone stack at right hand eaves. Rear stacks. U-plan house, with C19 extensions to this. 2 storeys and attics. North elevation of main house, 5 bays, sashes with stone architraves and projecting dropped stone keys. Stone cills. Centre pedimented bay projects, c. early C19. Modillion cornice to pediment, oculus, with glazing-bars in centre. Sash window at centre and stone porch, c.C19. Round-headed lower windows and roundels above, 1931. Porch entrance with quasi-Doric pilasters, round arch and projecting dropped key carried through into the cornice. 2-leaf door with recess panels, Cl9. Rear elevation: window design, same as front sashes. Staircase windows, round-headed with impost-block and keys. Oculi over are of 1931. two C17 2-light mullions light the cellar. East end of house, more Cl7 evidence, 3-light windows with labels Doorway with a four-centred head and label. C19 Victorian extension on west end of house, one room with a canted bay at the end. Octagonal cupola with lead lights and ogival lead cap, 1931. Interior: roof-construction, probably partly Cl7. Central ground-floor roan created by E.P. Warren, shallow dome with lacey spandrels, plain pilasters articulate the space, palmette-style frieze. Present drawing-room has fielded panelling of uncertain date, the 2 fireplaces have changed walls. Rococoesque detailing by Warren. Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p 173(4).

Listing NGR: SY4718798425