The Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A Victorian House. 4 related planning applications.
The Manor House
- WRENN ID
- ancient-vault-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The Manor House, Main Road, Moreton Pinkney, NN11 3SJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 574 490
- Coordinates
- 52.13696, -1.1618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House, now converted into flats, was built between 1860 and 1870, incorporating earlier work, for Edward Sempill by E. F. Law. It features coursed squared ironstone with ashlar dressings and a rear section of coursed squared limestone banded with ironstone. The building has a tile roof and moulded stone stacks, designed in an irregular H-plan with a Scottish baronial style. It stands two storeys tall with an attic and has five irregular bays, including gabled franking wings. A round tower with a conical roof is positioned at the angle between the right wing and the main block.
On the left side, there is a 20th-century stone porch that includes a doorway with a four-centred arch and a 16-panel double door. The windows are stone mullioned, featuring two and three lights with moulded stone frames. Stone plaques displaying the coat of arms of Edward Sempill and his wife, Baroness Maria Jane, are located on the gables of the left and right wings, respectively. The gable ends are coped, and the rear has three irregular gabled wings, likely late 17th-century work that was remodelled in the 19th century. A stone plaque on the right gable is inscribed with 'Restored 1860. E.S. M.J.S.' and features two large heraldic reliefs below it. The stone mullioned windows were all renewed in the 19th century, and the gable ends have coped tops with kneelers and double stone stacks.
Inside, the ground floor room is said to have been remodelled with 20th-century linen fold panelling. A perspective drawing by E.F. Law, which shows the original design of the house including a second tower with an ogee cupola to the left of centre, is in the possession of Mrs. M. Lewis at The Manor House, Moreton Pinkney.
Local climate
The Manor House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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