The Manor House, Including The Wall And Gate Piers Extending North West From The South West End Of The Main Block is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. House. 1 related planning application.

The Manor House, Including The Wall And Gate Piers Extending North West From The South West End Of The Main Block

WRENN ID
north-tower-khaki
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1959
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Manor House is a detached house with origins around 1600, significantly enlarged in the late 17th century, the 18th century, and around 1920. It is constructed of rubble stone with stone slate roofs, coped gables, and stone stacks topped with moulded caps. The original building comprised a hall and parlour, with a rear wing, now the library, added in the late 17th century, and a front wing, now the drawing room, added in the 18th century – incorporating its own separate staircase. Further substantial additions were made to the north around 1920, in a style matching the rest of the house.

The main west front of the original section features a dated stone above the doorway, inscribed "1698" (likely the date of the rear wing’s extension). The doorway has a moulded stone surround. The ground floor has three iron casement windows with leaded lights, each set under a stone arch. The first floor also has three similar windows, and the attic contains two gabled dormers with casement windows incorporating glazing bars. The 18th-century wing at the north end has a part-glazed door within a moulded stone surround, along with two iron casement windows with leaded lights and stone surrounds to the ground floor, and three similar windows to the first floor. A single gabled dormer with casement windows with glazing bars sits in the attic. The rear wing has stone mullioned windows on both the ground and first floors. A lead pump is set into the wall of this rear wing.

Inside, the original section’s staircase is late 17th century, with heavy turned balusters and a moulded handrail. Ground floor rooms here retain 18th-century panelling and cornices. The parlour has a blocked stone fireplace with a 4-centred arch and one deep chamfered ceiling beam with run-out stops, along with stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The library has 18th-century panelling and a fireplace with a moulded stone surround. The drawing room also possesses 18th-century panelling with raised panels and a fireplace with a moulded stone surround; similar panelling is found in the room above.

Single-storey stone outbuildings with stone slate roofs are located at the rear of the property. A brick garden wall, with stone piers capped with ball finials, extends northwest from the southwest side of the main building.

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