Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. Manor house. 2 related planning applications.

Manor House

WRENN ID
forbidden-storey-scarlet
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1961
Type
Manor house
Address
Manor House, Church Road, Lympsham, BS24 0DT
OS grid reference
ST 334 542
Coordinates
51.28321, -2.95562
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor House is a rectory dating from the 19th century, likely built in the 18th century and rebuilt around 1813 for Reverend J.A. Stephenson. The building features ashlar stone and some roughcast, with a slate roof, coped verges, and embattled, pierced parapets. It has ashlar stacks arranged singly and in groups of two and three, and displays a very irregular Gothick frontage.

The house is two storeys tall with a layout of four bays, one bay, one bay, and one bay. It has three, four, and five-light stone mullioned windows, each light topped with a foiled head and stopped labels. The fourth bay features an elaborate canted bay window with shafts and pinnacles, leaded lights on the ground floor, and traceried sash windows on the first floor. To the left, there is a further single-storey canted bay with casements that have glazing bars, and a small octagonal turret with pinnacles at the right corner of the frontage.

The porch is buttressed and includes shafts, a cusped ogee-headed door opening, and a half-glazed door with quatrefoil panels. To the left, there is a conservatory designed in a matching style, featuring a pierced parapet with pinnacles and large window openings with cusped heads. The interior includes a staircase that is contemporary with the house.

Local climate

Manor House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  2. Garden Room in Grounds to South West of Manor House Grade II 60 m
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  4. Monument in Grounds of Manor House at Ngr St 3344 5413 Grade II 102 m
  5. Monument and Railed Enclosure to Eli Cook in the Churchyard, One Metre South of South Chapel, Church of St Christopher Grade II 104 m
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  7. Gate Piers and Gates at South Drive Entrance to Manor House Grade II 138 m
  8. Forecourt Railings, Plinth, Piers and Gates to Manor Hall and School Grade II 150 m
  9. Manor Hall and School Grade II 174 m
  10. The Old Forge and Forecourt Railing Grade II 179 m