Manor Croft, Including Garden Wall Immediately To South-West And Gate Pier Immediately To North-East is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1987. House. 4 related planning applications.
Manor Croft, Including Garden Wall Immediately To South-West And Gate Pier Immediately To North-East
- WRENN ID
- vacant-slate-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Croft is a small house dating to around 1840, possibly built by the Palk family, who also constructed the adjacent Salem Chapel in 1844. The house is constructed of rubble walls with dressed quoins. It has a shallow-pitched hipped slate roof with deep eaves, and a brick stack at each end. The house follows a double-depth plan, featuring two principal front rooms and a central stair hall, with service rooms at the rear. A later 19th-century wing was added to the left side, with a 20th-century extension along the rear wall.
The front facade is symmetrical, with three windows and a central front door. The original windows are 16-pane sashes, with the first-floor centre window being 12-pane. These windows lack horns and are set within flat stone arches. The original six-panel front door has a rectangular fanlight above and a panelled surround. A contemporary porch, featuring a door canopy supported by wooden columns and trelliswork, stands before the entrance. A flat-roofed extension has been built onto the rear, joining an intermediate wing.
The interior retains much of its original joinery, including six-panelled doors to the main ground floor rooms, an open well staircase with column newels, stick balusters, a wreathed handrail, carved brackets, and panelling below. A shallow arch connects the front to the back of the hall, flanked by pilasters. The smaller right-hand front room originally had panelled shutters, a window surround, and cupboards beside the fireplace, which retains a simple wooden surround and brackets. The left-hand front room is now double-depth and has a marble fireplace with an ornate iron grate, panelled shutters, and a window surround. Both front rooms and the hall feature simple coved cornices. Behind the right-hand front room is the former kitchen, with a large open fireplace, a wooden surround, a mantel, and cupboards on either side. First-floor front bedrooms have 19th-century fireplaces with ornate arched cast iron grates.
The house survives largely intact, preserving many original features of good quality. Included within the listing are a tall rubble garden boundary wall situated immediately to the south-west and a pair of square gate piers directly to the north-east.
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