The Manor House

YARDLEY HASTINGS HIGH STREET SP8657 (East side) 17/174 The Manor House

GV II

House, formerly farmhouse. C17 extended c.1840 with medieval origins. Coursed limestone rubble with limestone dressings, plain-tile roof, stone end stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central C19 door with 4-centred chamfered stone head, carved spandrels and hood mould. 3-light chamfered stone mullion windows to ground and 1st floors except for similar 2-light window to 1st floor centre. Gables over outer bays; 1-light windows to gables with chamfered stone surrounds. Stone-coped gables with kneelers. 2-storey parallel range to rear with single-storey lean-to extensions. The building incorporates the C14 kitchen for the adjacent Hastings Manor House. Originally detached, an approximately square, 2-storey structure to centre of rear range with large end stack and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Remains of central windows survive at high level on two sides. An important and rare survival of a medieval detached domestic kitchen, part of a group with the Court Parlour (q.v.) and the Church of St. Andrew (q.v.). (C.T.P. Woodfield: The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire: 16, 1981, p194 and Fig,16b; Scheduled Ancient Monument, Northanptonshire 33)

Listing NGR: SP8663257095