Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1949. House.

Manor House

WRENN ID
haunted-footing-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1949
Type
House
Address
Manor House, 63, Wolborough Street, Newton Abbot
OS grid reference
SX 855 710
Coordinates
50.52811, -3.61548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor House is a house that has been converted into offices. It dates from the 17th century, with alterations made in the early 19th and 20th centuries. The front is likely made of cob under painted stucco, while the sides and rear are rendered. It has a slate roof with large stacks at the gable ends. The building has a central-entry plan with end stacks and 19th and 20th-century rear wings.

The exterior features three storeys and a symmetrical three-window range. There is an eaves band and a mid-18th-century set-back doorcase with a wide six-panel door that is glazed at the top, with raised panels in the centre and beaded panels at the base. The 19th-century front of the doorcase has three-roll reeded pilasters and a fine fluted frieze, along with a wrought-iron bell pull and polychromatic floor tiles. A 19th-century prostyle Tuscan porch has a 20th-century cornice and roof, and there are 20th-century casement windows.

Inside, the ground floor has a 17th-century moulded beam on the right and a boxed-in beam on the left. There are 18th-century architraves and skirting boards, and the fireplace on the left features a timber lintel with scroll-stop moulded arris and geometric-inscribed sgraffito sides. The lower staircase dates from the late 17th century, with a wide straight rail and heavy turned balusters. The first-floor cross beam has 17th-century plaster, and the first-floor room on the right has a plaster frieze with anthemion motifs and a cyma-moulded cornice. The roof has a 19th-century king post. This building is an early example of a centralized plan form in the region, and the sgraffito decoration on the fireplace is a rare survival of a once-common decorative technique.

Local climate

Manor House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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