Manor House

SE 37 SE MARTON-LE-MOOR MAIN STREET (west side, off) 1/35 Manor House 22.7.55 - II

House. Early - mid C19 with earlier house (probably early C18) now forming service wing to rear. Brick, Flemish bond, Westmorland slate roof; rear wing rendered, pantile roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays to main range, lower 2-storey, 2-bay rear wing. Main range: stone plinth; 3 steps up to central 6-panel double door under fanlight with interlaced glazing bars. Flanking attached Doric columns support plain entablature and deep cornice. The cornice carries a scrolled wrought-iron balcony which shields the lower part of the central first-floor 18-pane sash window. Other windows are sashes with glazing bars, stone sills, gauged brick flat arches. First-floor ashlar band, modillioned eaves cornice; hipped roof and 2 large stacks to rear of ridge. Left return: front range is of 2 bays with panelled door and fanlight, bay window and sash as front; service wing to left has central door in sawn stone surround flanked by 3-light side-sliding sashes on each floor. Ridge stack left. Main range, right return: blind window on each floor to bay 1 and sash as front to bay 2. Interior not inspected. Possibly built by A W Maynard, a celebrated breeder of shorthorn cattle, who lived here in the mid C19.

Listing NGR: SE3698870596