The Old Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1955. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Manor House
- WRENN ID
- burning-sentry-sage
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1955
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Manor House is a house that has been divided, originally built in the 16th century with additions from the 17th century, 18th century, and mid-20th century. It features a red sandstone random rubble construction with a roughcast facade and slate roofs, along with brick stacks located to the right of the porch and to the left of the crosswing. The building has an "L"-shaped plan with three cells and a cross passage, including a projecting wing on the left and additional structures to the left of the wing and a right addition at the rear.
The house is two storeys high with irregularly placed windows. The left projecting wing has two 17th-century cruciform windows on the first floor, and a 20th-century cruciform window on the ground floor to the right. There is a three-light mullion window with leaded panes on the ground floor to the left of a gabled two-storey porch, which is supported by wooden Tuscan columns on stone plinths and features a depressed wooden arch. The first floor has a large rectangular glazed leaded opening with an inserted arched casement and a stained glass fanlight. To the right, there is a slightly recessed stair turret with a lancet window, two three-light mullions on the first floor, and one on the ground floor.
To the left of the crosswing, there is an independently roofed addition with tiles, a pantiled garage that was once a smithy, and a 20th-century single-storey conical slate-roofed addition in the angle, along with a double Roman-tiled projection on the crosswing. This arrangement creates an attractive courtyard with a variety of roofing materials.
Inside, the house features good 17th-century panelling to the left of the cross passage, a plank and muntin screen, and a moulded four-centred arch back door similar to the front door. There is an early 18th-century bolection moulded panelled room to the right, with an early 17th-century two-bay screen fronting the stairs and another plank and muntin screen. The porch room is decorated with early 17th-century plasterwork, while the crosswing to the left has late 16th-century panelling and some plasterwork decoration.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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