Manor Farmhouse

NORTON SHERSTON ROAD ST 88 SE (south side) 5/64 Manor Farmhouse 12.12.51 GV II

Farmhouse. Early C17 core; south front altered and east wing added in the 1820s (WW/182- datestone on north wall). Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, render to south front and stone slate roofs with ashlar stacks. T-shaped plan with C17 tower-like section to south-west corner, former C17 service range to the north and 1820s block with double span roof to the east. South front covering south wall of original C17 section and extending along 1820s block: 2 storeys, 3 windows. Venetian windows to ground floor and 12-pane sashes to upper. Central doorway with Tuscan columns, open pediment, semi-circular fanlight and 6-panel door. Coved cornice and blocking course parapet developing into central pediment. North end wall of C17 block has two 3-light hollow- mould mullions and one single light to attic. Former service range has some double Roman tiling to north-west roof and C19 casement fenestration to east front. Interior. Huge inglenook fireplace to ground floor left-hand room in C17 block; 1820s staircase, doorcases and C17 wooden screen to head of winder staircase in attic. (June Badeni, Wiltshire Forefathers, 1960; N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, 1975.)

Listing NGR: ST8852884204