Manor House

SP 91 NW MENTMORE

4/122 Manor House

18.10.66

• II*

House. Mid C18. Red and vitreous brick with red brick quoins and window surrounds. Moulded plinth, eaves - line band course, parapet with tile coping. Old tile roof, slightly Mansard, with triangular stone-coped gables and flanking brick chimneys. 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays. 3-pane sash windows with thick glazing bars, architrave frames,moulded sills and gauged brick heads. Ground floor sashes have been renewed. Attic has hipped dori,iers with paired leaded casements. Central 8-panelled door with rectangular fanlight, in wooden doorcase with panelled frieze, flat wooden hood on shaped brackets, and panelled Doric pilasters. Single storey C19-C20 brick extension to left with hipped slate roof. Lower wing at right- angles to rear is probably older but has been altered and extended. Good interior with C18 panelling in main ground and first floor rooms. Lower rooms have C19 marble fireplaces, upper rooms have original wooden fireplaces and C19 grates. Upper left room has 2 closets with doors and fanlights. Central hall contains C18 staircase with turned balusters and carved tread ends. Attic stair also has turned balusters and panelled cupboards and bulkhead.

Listing NGR: SP9068819656