Manor House

CARLTON THE VILLAGE NZ 5004 West side 19/40 Manor House 5/5/52 GV II Large house, mid-late C18. Tooled ashlar with raised, V-jointed quoins, and plinth. Pantiled roofs with stone copings. 2-storey, 5-bay centre block with 1-storey, 1-bay set-back quadrant links to lower 2-storey, 3-bay end pavilions. Main block: wide steps to central enclosed Tuscan porch with door of ornamental fielded panels. Replaced sash windows in raised surrounds with projecting cills; those on ground floor and at first floor centre have triple keystones, the latter rising into a deep moulded eaves cornice. Swept eaves; end chimneys with cornices and strings. At either side large console brackets ease the transition to one-bay links. These and the outer pavilions have similar window detail but plain 6-panel central doors and no porches. (The right pavilion is a kitchen wing). Hipped roofs, central stacks with cornices and strings. Interior: good woodwork includes doors with deeply-fielded panels in enriched architraves, staircase with turned balusters and ramped handrail. The left pavilion has been converted to a ballroom, probably in early C20.

Listing NGR: NZ5074104467