Doughton Manor And Gate Piers To North

Doughton Manor, a large manor house built between around 1628 and 1641 for Richard Talboys, was restored in 1933. It is said to be constructed of cob, featuring stone porches, quoins, stacks, and bay windows, all topped with a Cotswold stone-slate roof. The house is designed in an H-plan, with a through passage connecting central projecting porches on the north and south facades, which are very similar. The building has three storeys and an attic, with five gables, three of which are smaller in the center. There are six windows, consisting of two and three-light stone mullion casements with continuous dripmoulds on the ground and first floors.

The central porch, made of coursed rubble, has two storeys and an attic, featuring a round-arched doorway with a keystone and impost blocks, as well as a squared moulded architrave with a flattened arched doorway, a reduced radial fanlight, and double studded doors. Most windows are leaded or latticed, with some containing ancient glass. The left-hand gable has three windows arranged in a staggered sequence. The second gable from the left and the right-hand gable have stone stacks with multiple flues, though the caps are missing; on the south front, there is a very tall stack on the inside face of the east gable. Inside the front porch, the initials "RT" and the date "1641" are found to the right, while "FAM 1933" is to the left.

The gate piers, approximately 3.5 meters high, are made of squared rubble and feature an elaborate corniced structure with ball finials. The left pier displays the initials "RT," while the right pier bears the date "1641." The interior of the manor retains several panelled rooms and large stone fireplaces, including one on the first floor that displays the arms of Talboys and Abarrow, as Richard Talboys married Elizabeth Abarrow in 1632.