Fyfield Manor

MILTON LILBOURNE FYFIELD SU 16 SE 12/28 Fyfield Manor 4.6.52

GV I

Large house. C15, C16, late C17, early-mid C18, and 1925. Brick on high stone plinth, slate roof. Two storeys with cellars. Main front to south comprising 7 bays symmetrical about central entrance, and forward wings of 1 bay to left, and 2 bays to right. Left wing continued as wing to rear, C16. Right wing contains C16 work remodelled and extended to rear in C18. The 2 rear wings linked by a 1925 flat roofed structure. C15 structure of stone, partly included in stair tower at rear with 4-centred 2-light windows. Central entrance to main front with early C18 doorcase with pulvinated frieze and pediment on consoles. Twelve-paned sashes with gauged lintels, plat band and moulded brick cornice. This is interrupted by 3 asymmetrical gables of mid C17 with carved barge boards. Fenestration to left wing similar but stone lintel. Large iron letter M. Right wing has two C17 brick external'stacks.' This front has C18 wood dentilled cornice and end gable stack. West rear wing extended in C19 as 2 parellel ridged single storey outbuildings, now childrens room. Diagonal brick shafts to all main stacks. Interior: Entrance hall, late C16-early Cl7, panelled, with stone square flags. Main reception room to right was probably hall of the Cl6 house. Cornice and ovolo moulded ceiling beams, and C16- C17 panelling. Sitting room to right wing fully panelled with bolection mouldings and cornice, and a marble fireplace, all C17. Similar fireplace and panelling to room to rear. A homely manor house in the picturesque tradition, the retirement home of Lord Avon, former prime minister, from c1958 to 1965. (N. Pevsner, Buildings of England: Wiltshire; C. Hussey, Country Life, Vol LXVIII (1930), 260.

Listing NGR: SU1759460540