Manor House

MARKET LAVINGTON - SU 0054-0154 12/118 Manor House (Jeanne House) II Large house, 1862-9, by Ewan Christian for Edward Pleydell Bouverie, now junior boarding house for Dauntsey's School. Red brick, with blue brick patterning and stone dressings. Slate roof. Two storeys and attic. Main block of 3 bays with link to large service block, itself linked to stables and carriage houses forming courtyard to north-east. Elizabethan revival style evolved from the domestic gothic of Pearson and Daukes. Imposing asymmetrical entrance on north side leading indirectly to large central hall. Porch has strapwork pilasters, dentilled cornice and blind traceried parapet, arched at centre and ball finials at corners. Arched opening over four steps. Gable over has initials EPB and date 1865. Hall, on left, has lettered parapet reading PATRIA CARA CARIOR LIBERTAS. Mullioned and transomed windows throughout, bay windows and canted bays, some with round arch to central two lights of four. Bays gabled, with stone kneelers and copings. Chimneys octagonal, of brick, moulded with letters B and strapwork, and have offsetting tops. Coats of arms in gables. Service block has central corridor and south front a 5-bay round arched arcade stopping at tall clock tower with ogee lead roof and ball finial. Arcade continues beyond for 4 bays terminating in a 3-bay arcaded gable. Stable and carriage yard in similar style; single storey with attics, gabled, enclosing a paved yard, and with stone gate pier at entrance. Interior: Entrance lobby with fireplace, leads left to 2-storey single aisled main hall, the arcade having polished marble columns and carved stone capitals supporting depressed 2-centred arches. Tiled floor to aisle. Columned stone fireplace with entablature and scrolled fascia. First floor balcony cantilevered. Stair at south-west end, behind entrance lobby, timber, open well, with twisted balusters. Stained glass window to stair with owner's initials. Architect's panel under, reading E Christian 1865. Contractor Futcher and Bentliff. Games room in south-east corner, carved stained pine overmantel, marble slips and encaustic tiles to fireplace. Ceiling with moulded ribs forming polygons. Refectory in south-west corner has similar fireplace, with tiled interior, and another, contemporary, with coloured marbles between these two rooms.

Listing NGR: SU0052754296