Badgeworth Manor

BADGEWORTH BADGEWORTH VILLAGE SO 91 NW

4/4 Badgeworth Manor

GV II

Large house. C16 or earlier origins; internal and possibly external alterations and additions C18, and c1866. Square-panelled timber-framing of the C16 range visible at the south gable end of the main body; the east (entrance) front is rendered at ground floor level with C19 close-studded timber framing above; rectangular and close-studded timber-framing with some decorative diagonal framing to the later ranges at the rear. Red tile roof; ashlar and cream-coloured brick stacks. Main body: 2 storeys and attic; later ranges 2 storeys. 2:1:2-windowed facade with a central projecting C19 gabled 2-storey porch. Two and 3-light wooden casements with diamond-leaded panes. Porch canted at ground floor level with a C20 plank door within a pointed-arched surround at the front; finely carved wooden balustrade with paired trefoil- headed openings with stopped hoods; projecting gable over porch. Two 2-light dormers with cusped barge boards. Early projecting ashlar stack at the south gable end of the main body; gable-end and axial stacks; highly ornate barge boards with floral and vine scroll motifs. Interior: beams with deep flat chamfers and run-out stops. Windbracing above and below purlins visible in the attic rooms at the south end of the early range suggesting there may once have been a first floor hall or parish room open to the ceiling at this point. C18 fielded panelling. C18 staircase with three balusters per tread, iron twist decoration at the bottom of each baluster, a ramped handrail. C19 Jacobean style fireplace.

Listing NGR: SO9023019218