Little Manor Farmhouse

SU 12 NE BRITFORD THE GREEN (east side)

4/37 Little Manor Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C17 with additions of early C19. English bond brick, tiled roof with brick stacks. 3-bay baffle-entry with matching bay added to north c1700 and rear wing of 1806. 2-storey, 5-window front. Door in C19 porch in second bay from left has T.I./1688 on datestone above lintel. To right is one 3-light wooden casement and to left of door are three 3-light wooden casements. 3-brick plat band to first floor, oval windows over door and one casement to right with three 3-light casements to left. Right return has 2-light casement to ground and attic floors with blocked segmental-headed window to first floor. To rear right is 2 storey wing with 1806 inscribed in vitrified headers in gable and segmental-headed 3-light wooden casement to ground and first floors. To rear right is Early C19 single storey extension now garages and outshut with C20 windows and glazed door. Interior not accessible at time of survey (August 1984), but recorded by R.C.H.M: C17 newel stairs have vase-turned balusters with rich base mouldings and pendant finials on upper newel, reused from unknown house. Ogee-stopped chamfered ceiling beams and fireplaces with cambered timber lintels. History: Probably built by Thomas Jervoise (1667-1743) in 1688. (Unpublished records of R.C.H.M. (England), Salisbury).

Listing NGR: SU1609628071