Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1955. House. 5 related planning applications.
Manor House
- WRENN ID
- idle-mantel-mint
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1955
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor House, dating to around 1670, was originally built for the Blancks family, with significant extensions around 1702, as evidenced by a date on a chimney, and further alterations around 1800 for the Carringtons. The house is constructed of brick, formerly colourwashed, and features a moulded and gauged brick band course at first floor level. The north-west front has a wooden modillion eaves cornice. The roof is hipped and covered in old tiles, with brick chimneys displaying finely moulded cornices and neckings. The house follows an H-plan configuration.
The north-east front has flanking projections with traces of blocked openings, and three central bays with large early 19th-century sash windows. It includes a raised attic storey, a ground-floor colonnade, and a central doorway. There are traces of the original five-bay facade, distinguished by red brick window dressings. The north-west front was also remodelled in the early 19th century, featuring five bays of sash windows, two flat-roofed dormers with paired, barred wooden casements, and a central glazed doorway with a large fanlight. The south-east front also has five bays, with sash windows replacing cross casements, three pedimented dormers with paired, barred wooden casements, and an off-centre chimney.
The irregular rear incorporates a lower roofline and a 17th-century chimney to the left of centre, as well as two projections; the right-hand projection was partially rebuilt, while the left-hand one contains two blocked oval windows with gauged surrounds.
Inside, a splendid central staircase dates to approximately 1720-30, featuring slender fluted columns, twisted balusters (three to each tread), carved scrolls to the string, and a moulded handrail. A second staircase in the north-west wing exhibits late 17th-century twisted balusters. The interior also contains 18th- and early 19th-century panelling, with raised and fielded overmantels and overdoors. Early 18th-century stone fireplaces are present, along with one fireplace dating to around 1670, which includes a bolection moulding, pulvinated frieze, and cornice.
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