The Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. A Georgian House.
The Manor House
- WRENN ID
- north-bonework-larch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Manor House, Lower Street, Blockley
- OS grid reference
- SP 164 348
- Coordinates
- 52.01226, -1.76128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is a Grade II* listed building located immediately south of the Church in Blockley. This site was once the medieval summer palace of the Bishops of Worcester. The house was rebuilt before 1539 and later remodeled in the 18th century. It is irregular in shape, featuring two storeys and attics, constructed from coursed rubble with stone tile roofs and coped verges, along with numerous chimneys.
The facade has a window arrangement of 3:1:2:1:2, with the central two windows flanked by gabled projections, and it is two windows deep. Most of the windows are glazing bar sash windows, while the right-hand gable features mullioned windows. A Tudor arch doorway with carved spandrels is located in the link section between the gables, and there is another doorway to the right of the right-hand gable, which has six panels and is set in a cast-iron porch.
Inside, there is a staircase in the left-hand gable, which has turned balusters and a moulded handrail typical of the late 17th century.
Local climate
The Manor House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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