Bapton Manor

STOCKTON BAPTON ST 93 NE (north side) 7/109 Bapton Manor 11.9.68 GV II

Country house. Probably C17, rebuilt mid C18, extended C19 and C20. Dressed limestone, Welsh slate hipped roof, brick stack to right of centre and stone stack to left. Two-storey, 5-window C18 front. Centre bay breaks forward with chamfered quoins and double 6-panelled doors in moulded architrave with broken segmental pediment, two 12-pane sashes either side, moulded plat band to first floor; centre bay with round-arched sash and two 9-pane sashes either side, moulded cornice to blocking course and pediment over centre bay. C19 single-storey addition to left and C20 extension attached to right with sashes. Right return has 3-light and 2-light casements, 2-storey service wing with casements. Rear of main range has stone C19 porch with double doors, 9-pane sash lighting stairs, gabled late C19 wing to right with sashes, 2- storey C19 square bay window and casements to services left, 8-pane sash, tripartite sash and 9-pane sashes to centre. Interior has 6-panelled doors in moulded architraves, C19 staircase, dining room has doors with 2 or 6 fielded panels, first floor sitting room at front of house with C18 eared egg and dart moulded fireplace. The arrangement of entrance passage to rear of large stack suggests a C17 or earlier plan type, but no other features of this date survive and roof not accessible at time of survey (May 1987), house rebuilt 1730. (N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Wiltshire, 1975)

Listing NGR: ST9931538123