Manor House

KIRBY KNOWLE MAIN STREET SE 48 NE (EAST END, OFF) 4/28 MANOR HOUSE 20.6.66 GV II Farmhouse. Late C18 with later alterations and early C19 and C20 additions. Coursed squared herringbone-tooled stone, Welsh slate roof. 2 Storeys, 2 bays with C19 block added to rear right corner, a C20 block (not of special interest) added in front angle so formed, and an outshut to rear of main range which continues along side of C19 addition. Main range: central half-glazed door with interlaced glazing bars in pilastered and dentil-corniced wood surround with corbelled hood. To either side a 20-pane sash in flush wood surround, and two similar unequally-hung 15-pane sashes above, all with plain stone lintels and projecting cills. Shaped kneelers, ashlar coping. End stacks. Single-storey C20 bay on right not of special interest. Rear: only 1st floor of main range is visible and it has a central 8-pane side-sliding sash with keyed lintel. The C19 addition has a similar window to right, a hipped roof and brick stacks. Left return, main range: a 16-pane sash to ground floor left and a small rectangular opening in gable. Right return, C19 addition: some 16-pane sashes with tripartite lintels and on ground floor to left a 12-pane sash with side lights and similar lintel eaves band.

Listing NGR: SE4706187378