Egton Manor

EGTON EGTON BRIDGE NZ8005-8105 16/6 Egton Manor 19.2.52 (formerly listed as Manor House) GV II Shooting box, now country house. 1893; enlarged 1913; major remodelling and part demolition 1979. For the Foster family. C19 part of hammered sandstone, extensions and rebuilding in herringbone-tooled sandstone; sandstone ashlar dressings; slate roofs. Irregular plan. Entrance front: 2-storey and attic, 4-window centre range between 2-storey, 1-window projecting wings. Off-centre 1-storey porch with attached Tuscan angle columns. 6-panel door beneath painted low relief of the Foster bugles. Porch flanked by 12-pane sashes; 8-pane sash at right end. At left end, lowest stage of extruded corner stack contains 12-pane sash with flat hood beneath fine carving of a dragon and flames. Left wing return has 1-storey, 3-window canted bay beneath plain, coped parapet. Remaining ground-floor and all first-floor windows are 12-pane sashes; attic windows 4-pane sashes. Windows in plain raised surrounds, with moulded sills on first floor and attic. Moulded sill band and cornice across ground and first floors. Moulded eaves cornice and plain, coped parapet to wings, balustraded across fronts. Rainwater goods dated 1913. Left-of-centre extruded stack, and right-of-centre anti left end ridge stacks. Extruded stack has arched bell opening with oval domed canopy beneath flue bank. Roof hipped at right end. Garden front: C19 part 2 storeys and attic, 3 gabled bays; slightly projecting 3-bay C20 extension at right. Shallow pedimented Ionic porch in right end bay of C19 part, with radial glazed door beneath keyed arch on Ionic pilasters. Original doorway to right now blocked by 12-pane sash. Paired tall 12-pane sashes over present door, to left of panel carved with garlanded Foster Arms. Remaining ground and first floor windows left of porch are 4-pane sashes. Attic windows are triple sashes. Plain raised surrounds to all windows, all with moulded sills except those on ground floor left. Moulded eaves cornice. Fine moulded rainwater goods. Extension articulated 1:2 by pilasters. 12-pane sashes in plain, raised surrounds. Sillband on ground floor and moulded sills on first floor. First floor and eaves cornices. Plain parapet over left bay rises to form shaped attic gable at right. Attic window is triple sash with moulded sill, beneath cornice hoodmould breaking over centre light. Pilasters rise into parapet to form piers, crowned by ball and pedestal finials. Rectangular panel in first floor centre carved with garlanded bugle and date 19 : 13.

Listing NGR: NZ8049805179