The Manor House and Attached Walls to South is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Manor house.
The Manor House and Attached Walls to South
- WRENN ID
- idle-threshold-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Manor house
- Address
- The Manor House and Attached Walls to South, West Street, King's Cliffe
- OS grid reference
- TL 003 972
- Coordinates
- 52.5636, -0.52127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House and attached walls to the south are a manor house dating from the early and mid to late 17th century and early 19th century. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone, with the main range featuring an ashlar banded facade. The roofs are made of Collyweston slate and concrete tiles. The main range, which dates from the mid to late 17th century, originally had a three-unit plan and is two storeys high with a three-window range. It includes two slightly canted bay windows that are two storeys tall, featuring ovolo moulded mullions and transoms, topped with slated roofs. There is also a two-light, ovolo moulded stone mullion window with a transom located on the first floor at the far left. The central entrance has a six-panel door with a moulded stone square-head surround. The gable parapets and ridge and end stacks are made of ashlar and feature moulded cornices and pulvinated friezes.
To the right, there is an early 17th-century two-window range that has leaded casements beneath wooden lintels, along with ashlar gable parapets and a concrete tile roof. A large stone stack is located at the end of this section. The garden front at the rear features six-paned sash windows under gauged stone heads, with a central part-glazed door also under a similar head. A small gabled wing projects forward to the left, which includes a canted bay window in the gable end. Attached to the left and right of the garden front are 18th and early 19th-century walls that have ashlar copings and partially enclose the upper lawn. The wall on the left continues south to enclose the lower garden.
Inside, the entrance hall features an early 19th-century staircase with a stick balustrade, and there are six-panelled doors with early 19th-century surrounds. The room to the far right of the entrance has remnants of an open fireplace, while the room to the far left contains a 17th-century corner fireplace with a moulded stone surround. The cellar includes a two-light stone mullion window.
Local climate
The Manor House and Attached Walls to South sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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