Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1968. Country house.
Manor House
- WRENN ID
- second-wicket-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1968
- Type
- Country house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is a country house that has been divided into four units. It dates from the early 18th century and was extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed from ironstone ashlar and features slate and plain-tile roofs, along with stone end and internal stacks. It has a bauble-depth plan and stands three storeys high with an attic, featuring a five-window range.
The main entrance front faces north and includes a central part-glazed door, which is accessed by a flight of nine stone steps with a wrought iron balustrade. The door is framed by a channelled stone surround, fluted Doric pilasters, an entablature with triglyphs and patterns, and a deep cornice. The ground and first floors have 12-pane sash windows with stone sills and surrounds that include key blocks. The basement features two-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows, with the right side blacked out and the left side having casements instead. The exterior also includes a wave-moulded plinth, a stormy band, a moulded and hollow-chamfered stone cornice, raised quoins, one-coped gables, and roof dormer windows.
There are three-storey wings that project on either side of the main block. The right wing has sash windows similar to those of the main block on the basement and first floors, along with horizontal oval windows on the ground floor that have moulded stone surrounds and key blocks. The left wing features similar sashes on the ground and first floors, and a three-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion window in the basement.
The garden front, which faces south, mirrors the main front and includes a large sundial above the door. The wings align with the main block on this side and have symmetrical single-storey sections with three-window fronts, featuring three horizontal oval windows on either side with key blocks and a moulded parapet cornice that sweeps up to the level of the main block's storey band. Inside, there is an open well staircase with turned balusters and carved tread-ends.
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