Petticombe Manor

MONKLEIGH SS42SW, 42SE 6/149, 7/149 Petticombe Manor II

Country house, now house. Built 1805 and extended to rear c. 1870. Stucco over coursed slatestone rubble; hipped slate roof; rendered brick ridge and end stacks. Triple-depth plan, with later rear wings enclosing 3 sides of yard to rear. Late Georgian style. 2 storeys. 2:1:2 fenestration with projecting central bay. Central bay has plain pilasters to corners, raised storey band and torus-moulded cornice to plain parapet; heraldic shield of rampant red lion set above porch, which has Greek Doric porch with entablature and paired columns in antis. Flat arches over twelve-pane sashes above 15-pane sashes. Right side wall, facing garden, has 2:4:2 fenestration with two projecting blocks flanking recessed central bays; plain parapet, raised storey band and raised corner pilasters; 12-pane sashes above late C19 two-light casements. 16-pane sashes to left side wall, which has service block with 2-light casements and bellcote. Interior; fine early C19 panelled doors and shutters, set in moulded architraves. Marble fireplaces in ground-floor rooms. Front hall and stair hall have neo-classical and fretted friezes to cornices; cantilevered staircase with mahogany wreathed handrail and stick balusters.

Listing NGR: SS4498821185