The Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 October 1951. House.

The Manor House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
House
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Manor House is a large, early 18th-century building with an unusual U-shaped plan, featuring a main block facing onto the Square and two parallel rear wings forming a courtyard. The main elevation is constructed of Llanfyllin brick, while the roof is slate. Later 19th-century brick chimneys are present. The building is distinguished by freestone quoins, band courses, and window heads. Three gabled dormers, dating to the mid-to-late 19th century and featuring casement glazing, are set into the roof. A datestone is positioned centrally below the eaves, bearing the inscription "P" above "HM" above the date "1737". Freestone band courses run above both the first floor and ground floor windows.

The main block's first floor has five windows, each with cambered stone lintels, keystones, and 18-pane hornless sashes with thick glazing bars. One window contains a pivoting ventilating window in its upper sash. An insurance mark for the Salop Fire Office is situated between the third and fourth windows. The ground floor windows are similarly camber-headed and set towards the rear. The left-hand gable end has a continuous band course and features two sixteen-pane sash windows at attic level; the first floor has an eighteen-pane sash (with a pivoting ventilating window in the upper sash), and the ground floor has a sixteen-pane sash, both with cambered heads. The right-hand gable’s band courses do not extend across the full width of the gable. An elliptical window is located in the upper attic, while a lower attic window is a horned sash with 18 panes. A camber-headed window is blocked on the first floor, and a large multi-pane window is to the right. The ground floor window is camber-headed and offset to the right.

The rear of the main block has two tiers of dormers. The left wing, parallel to Narrow Street, is at a lower level and built of local brick with a steeply-pitched slate roof and a dormer containing a loading door. On the first floor, to the right, is a three-light window set at eaves level, supported by a brick band course; the ground floor has a camber-headed entrance door with a camber-headed window to the left; and to the left is a broad camber-headed cart entrance with boarded doors and strap hinges. The gable end features three staggered vertical vents near the apex. The right wing of the main block is taller and has a timber-framed gable with hipped dormers facing Market Street. A brick string course runs along the wing, and assorted small-pane sash windows are set within camber-headed openings.

The interior includes a central hall with original stairs featuring turned balusters. Corner fireplaces are present in the main rooms. A panelled cupboard is found in the southeast corner room on the ground floor. A quadrant lobby on the first floor provides access to the rooms. The drawing room, located to the southwest, retains 18th-century panelling.

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