Southrop Manor

Southrop Manor is a large manor house, incorporating elements from the 12th century, largely rebuilt in the mid-to-late 17th century, with an early 18th-century refronting, early 19th-century additions, and alterations in 1926 by Norman Jewson. The building is constructed of random rubble limestone, largely roughcast rendered, with ashlar chimneys and stone slate roofs. It is mainly two storeys with an attic, featuring a main range running east to west with wings at each end.

The south front was altered by Jewson and originally presented an 18th-century facade of sash windows. It now features a roughly central, pedimented doorway with eared architraves and a pulvinated frieze, housing a 20th-century glazed door. Oval windows with moulded architraves flank the doorway. The fenestration is largely composed of recessed, chamfered mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. The ground floor on the left has a 3 + 3-light window with a king mullion, while the right side has three cross windows. The upper floor has seven 2-light casements, all with leaded glazing.

The east front has two moulded parapet gables to the left. The fenestration is varied, with a canted bay window on the ground floor to the left of a Tudor-arched doorway within a mullioned and transomed screen. Various other 2, 3, and 2 + 2-light casements are present, all 20th-century restorations. The west side has two gables. The gable to the right marks the end of the main range, and a slit window at its base reputedly provided access to priests' holes in the cellar below. A gable to the left has 2 and 3-light recessed, chamfered mullioned fenestration, and a single gabled roof dormer. The north side includes various additions to the main range. The early 19th-century courtroom addition to the east front end has a hipped roof and two 12-pane sashes with hoodmoulds.

Inside, a round arched Norman doorway leading to the dining room, featuring a chevron order and jamb shafts, was repositioned during the 1926 alterations. Fine plasterwork friezes by Jewson, depicting Cotswold animals and leaf patterns, are present (similar work can be seen at Cotswold Farm, Duntisbourne Abbots CP). The drawing room contains a mid-18th-century marble fireplace relocated from Lechlade Manor. Other rooms feature 17th-century panelling, though not in its original positions. The southwest corner of the house appears to be of 12th-century origin, with later priests' holes in the cellar. An underground passage (now closed off) leads from the cellar to the church chancel.