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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