Throope Manor

SU 02 NE BISHOPSTONE BISHOPSTONE VILLAGE (off east side)

5/43 Throope Manor (Formerly listed as Throope Farmhouse) 23.3.60 II

Detached house. Mid C18, additions c1930 by Lord Essex and 1950s. Painted header bond brick on limestone plinth, hipped tiled roof with brick stacks, C20 additions in cavity wall brick. L-plan. Two-storey, 5-window original front. Central 8-panelled door with eared architrave and pediment on consoles, two 12-pane sashes either side. First floor has five 12-pane sashes. Moulded stone cornice to plain brick parapet, lead rainwater goods. 1930s wing to left in similar style. Right return has C19 canted brick bay with 12-pane and 20-pane sash to left, two sashes to right and three 12-pane sashes to first floor. Rear C20 flat-roofed extension with sashes, first floor retains four original sashes, three hipped dormers to attic. Two-storey wing to right added by Lord Essex, 1920s. Interior has good early C18 open well stairs with three turned balusters per tread, wreathed handrail, carved tread ends and fielded panelled dado. Window shutters and 6-panelled doors throughout, dado with fielded panelling to first floor. Room to left of entrance has reset C17 wainscot panelling with strapwork frieze. (Pre-1920s photograph in NMR)

Listing NGR: SU0873626317