Mambury

SS31NE EAST PUTFORD CP

3/24 Mambury

II

Farmhouse. C17, extensive restoration, enlargement and refenestration dated 1894. Random rubble local stone, brick dressings particularly forming dentil mouldings, slate roofs, 3 bays left of central block and north-east wing roofed at a higher level, slate-hung east end of higher block, decorative bargeboards, large external stack east gable end, this and others with square stone plinths carrying paired hexagonal chimneypots with dentil cornices and paired rectangular openings, set end bay right of centre block, at junction with north-east wing and centre of wing. L-plan facing east, earlier range to south and single storey service range parallel to main block on west front, with entrance to courtyard north. East front: one and a half storeys, 1:1:3 bays, long 2-bay re-entrant angle, full-height porch second bay left, all first floor windows have dentil-moulded cills, all 3-light leaded casements except for 2-light in porch, heraldic glass in windows is painted on internally except for end bay left which is stained glass, ground floor window openings 4-light wooden casements, subsidisy entrance with half-glazed porch and flat-roofed porch abutting porch to left, cantilevered flat roofed projection on brackets, 6-panel part glazed door, 2 similar windows to right; wing lit only on first floor with gabled casements similar to those in main block, inserted C20 window at junction with wing. Datestone 'IBI 1696' inset. South front: 3 bay range left of gable end stack which is flanked by 2-light casements. Interior: South range with kitchen contains 2 chamfered beams, remains of stud and plank partition to scullery, probably C18, thick walls. The west range contains slate-floored dairy. Southern end of main block to left of thick wall in through passage, against which straight C19 stair rises, not seen. Inner room not seen, end room with imported C18-style panelling, veneered and varnished and said to have come from Ashley Court, Tiverton; there is a bolection moulded surrround to the inset late C19 chimneypiece with C18 overmantel landscape painting. Corridor addition on west side contains another straight stair. North-east wing containing services and shed lit on north front. Upper floor not seen. Possibly C16 enlarged late C17 but the pebble pavement dated 1696 has either been relocated or it is contemporary with the wing. A lively facade with distinctive chimneypots. (Photograph in NMR)

Listing NGR: SS3818415993