The Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. A C16-C17 Home for the elderly. 2 related planning applications.

The Manor House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1952
Type
Home for the elderly
Address
The Manor House, Winslow Road, Swanbourne, MK17 0SW
OS grid reference
SP 800 272
Coordinates
51.93793, -0.83696
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Manor House is a building that dates from the 16th to 17th century and has been significantly restored in the early 20th century. A new doorway was added in 1927. The structure is made of dressed rubble stone, featuring a restored ashlar plinth and a first-floor string course. It has an old tile roof with stone coped gables and kneelers, along with a small brick chimney that has a moulded stone cap located behind the gable of the second bay.

The house is two storeys high, with a basement and an attic, and the east front consists of five bays. The windows are rebuilt 3-light stone mullions, with those on the ground floor including transoms, all fitted with leaded lights. The second bay features a gable with an attic window, while the fourth bay has a three-storey gabled projection that was formerly a porch, now containing a 20th-century 2-light wooden casement in a blocked doorway with a restored and rendered four-centred head. There is also a door between the second and third bays that has a similar head. The third bay includes a 2-light basement window.

The south front is double gabled, with the left range being a 19th-century extension that has leaded cross casements. Inside, there are fragments of timber framing, likely not in their original position, and two 17th-century panelled doors. One of the stone fireplaces features a moulded four-centred arch and a later surround with a mantel-shelf supported by reeded pilasters.

Local climate

The Manor House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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