Mambury is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1989. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Mambury
- WRENN ID
- haunted-corbel-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1989
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with significant restoration, enlargement, and replacement of windows in 1894. It is constructed of random rubble stone with brick dressings, particularly in the form of dentil mouldings. The roofs are slate-covered, with a northeast wing extending at a higher level and a slate-hung east end to that wing. Decorative bargeboards are present, alongside a large external stack at the east gable end, featuring square stone plinths supporting paired hexagonal chimneypots with dentil cornices and paired rectangular openings. A set-back bay is located to the right of the central block, where it joins the northeast wing, and another is centrally within the wing itself.
The farmhouse is arranged in an L-shape facing east, with an earlier range to the south and a single-storey service range parallel to the main block on the west front, providing access to a north-facing courtyard. The east front has one and a half storeys and a 1:1:3 bay arrangement, with a long 2-bay re-entrant angle. A full-height porch occupies the second bay from the left. All first-floor windows have dentil-moulded cills and are 3-light leaded casements, with the exception of a 2-light window in the porch. Heraldic glass is painted onto the internal face of the windows, except for the end bay on the left, which contains stained glass. Ground-floor window openings are 4-light wooden casements. A subsidiary entrance is set within a half-glazed porch, with a flat-roofed projection supported on brackets; it features a 6-panel part-glazed door, followed by two similar windows to the right. The northeast wing is lit only on its first floor with gabled casements matching those in the main block, and a 20th-century window has been inserted at the junction with the wing. A datestone reading "IBI 1696" is inset into the stonework. The south front has a three-bay range to the left of the gable end stack, which is flanked by 2-light casements.
The interior of the south range includes a kitchen with two chamfered beams and remnants of a stud and plank partition to the scullery, likely dating from the 18th century. The west range contains a slate-floored dairy. A thick wall runs through the passage of the main block's southern end, against which a straight 19th-century staircase rises. An inner room and end room, featuring imported 18th-century-style panelling (veneered and varnished, reportedly from Ashley Court, Tiverton), are also present, alongside a late 19th-century bolection moulded fireplace with an 18th-century overmantel landscape painting. A corridor addition on the west side contains a second straight staircase. The northeast wing houses services and a shed, lit on its north front. The upper floor is not accessible. A pebble pavement dated 1696 may have been relocated or is contemporary with the wing. The facade is described as lively and notable for its distinctive chimneypots.
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