Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1955. A Post-Medieval Manor house.
Manor House
- WRENN ID
- solemn-wattle-onyx
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1955
- Type
- Manor house
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Manor House, Tockenham
- OS grid reference
- SU 035 811
- Coordinates
- 51.52922, -1.94985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor House, built around 1600 for Richard Danvers, features significant extensions from 1904 and 1912. The structure is made of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and the lower part of the porch. It has stone-tiled roofs. The main block is two stories with an attic, designed symmetrically with reception rooms on either side of a central entrance and a rear wing. A two-story porch is present, and there is a forward wing on the left, built in the 20th century, which has five bays and also includes attics. To the right of the main block is an independently constructed 18th-century brick library, which also has a stone-tiled roof.
The main elevation features ovolo moulded stone mullioned windows, with three-light windows and a transom on the ground floor, three-light windows on the first floor, and two-light windows in the attic, all adorned with hollow moulded labels. The attic windows are set in large gables. The porch contains two-light mullioned windows and is gabled, topped with a square block finial that is carved with the name Matthew Smith and the date 1698. A small closet window is located at the left end. The building has a central stack and a subsidiary stack between two rooms of the rear wing. The forward wing matches the main block in all details, creating a cohesive group.
Inside, all rooms of the main building are fully panelled, featuring heavy cornices that are broken forward in stages over fine chimneypieces. There is a stone fireplace with carved spandrels in the end room of the rear wing and a notable chimneypiece in the library.
Local climate
Manor House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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