Manor Farmhouse

EAST KNOYLE MILTON ST 83 SE (east side) 8/29 Manor Farmhouse GV II

Farmhouse, now detached house. Late C17 and early C18. Good dressed limestone, tiled roof, 3 pairs of gauged brick spiral stacks, coped verges. Two-storey, 5-window. 1930s planked door in beaded stone architrave to right of centre, two 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements to right, 4-light and 3-light mullioned casements to left. First floor has two 3-light mullioned casements to left, three 2-light to right; the three right hand bays dated 1716 on stone tablet over door with name William Oborne and scrolled decoration. Left return has 2-light casements. Rear has 2-light mullioned casements and glazed door to C18 build, 1930s and 1960s wing to right with steel casements. Interior largely remodelled during 1930s, C17 stairs with turned balusters and square newels reset against rear wall, planked door with strap hinges to cellar below C18 range. Bedroom at north end has R°E 1697 scratched on a window mullion. Formerly a farm on Clouds Estate, the twisted brick stacks are a feature of several estate cottages in the parish.

Listing NGR: ST8760131354