Manor Farmhouse

COLEMORE & PRIORS DEAN COLEMORE SU 73 SW 4/3 Manor Farmhouse 16.3.54 GV II House. Early C17, mid C19. Walls of brick, now rendered, with a series of pilasters, intersected by a 1st floor band, resting on a deep plinth, at each side at the front the band projects as a weathering, with a fascia below separating it from a flat band with brick dentils on the low side. Hipped roof of interlocking tiles, indicating a large rectangular block with 3 lower wings (the central probably later) on the east side, a lower-pitched plain roof above the service wing, and one hipped dormer in-the centre of the front. The main block with its extensions now forms an almost square building, with a narrow single-storeyed service wing added at the north side; west front of 2 storeys and attic, 3 irregularly-spaced windows. Narrow coupled Victorian sashes, mid c19 Tudor porch of flint with brick dressings, tiled gabled roof, Tudor arch enclosing a ½-glazed door. The south elevation has 4 regularly-spaced pilasters, 2 above 3 windows (Victorian coupled sashes). The east elevation has 3 hipped roofs, 4 pilasters, 1.2.1 above 1.1.1 windows (2 being stone mullioned casements, one filled). The service wing is of painted brickwork, and on its west side is a 'Tudor' porch of flint with malmstone dressings. Interior: there are massive floor beams and a very large stack, and the probability of masked C17 details.

Listing NGR: SU7066330690