Manor House

KINGTON LANGLEY LOWER COMMON ST 97 NW

8/79 Manor House

20.12.60

GV II

House, c1700, extended later in C18 and early in C19, rubble stone, originally roughcast, with ashlar dressings and hipped stone slate roof. Two rear stacks. Seven-window, 2-storey front with ashlar plinth, moulded string-course and plain band under roughcast parapet. Removal of roughcast shows that originally of five bays, the two wider-spaced bays to right added. Windows are 12-pane sashes, possibly replacing stone cross windows, with cement render frames. In fourth bay of original range is 6-panel door in fine bolection-moulded doorcase. In two added bays, the dripcourse is stepped over ground floor sashes. Four-window similar south front with ridge and west stacks. Similar detail, revealed cornerstones suggesting that first three bays are original. In angle behind is 2-storey-and-attic early C19 range with various sashes, one round- headed stair-light, and lean-to on north wall. Owned by the Coleman family of the Greathouse (q.v.), the birthplace of the mother of the diarist Francis Kilvert (1840-79), who describes visits to his uncle, Walter Coleman. (June Badeni, Wiltshire Forefathers, 1960, 91)

Listing NGR: ST9282876992