Manor Farmhouse and Manor Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 July 1984. Bank. 1 related planning application.

Manor Farmhouse and Manor Cottage

WRENN ID
turning-hammer-elm
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 July 1984
Type
Bank
Source
Cadw listing

Description

The farmhouse and Manor Cottage date from the 17th century, with later additions and alterations. The house is a two-storey and attic building of L-shaped plan, with the projecting foot of the ā€˜L’ facing forward. The exterior is rendered, with some ancient render still present, and has a Welsh slate roof. The street elevation features a three-storey gable of a later wing on the left, containing a three-light window with hollow chamfer mullions and dripmoulds on each floor. The right return of the wing has two similar windows and a blind eaves gable. The main range displays a three-light window to the hall and a two-light window above, followed by a modern oak plank door to the cross-passage. The final bay, originally the service end and now part of Manor Cottage, has a three-light window to the ground floor and a smaller three-light window above. All windows are leaded lattice casements. Gable stacks are located at either end of the main range, and one sits on the ridge above the hall fireplace, which backs onto the cross-passage. A single-storey wing to the right, formerly a bakehouse, contains a door, a two-light window, and a gable stack. The right end gable is plain, with a rear lean-to including a three-light window. The rear elevation has been altered with 20th-century windows. A rear entrance to the cross-passage is now a window into a cloakroom. The left-hand gable end exhibits a double gable; the rear one belongs to the main range, while the front one serves the later wing. The rear gable is distinguished by a corbelled stack with two small stair windows to the right and two small room windows to the left, and is adorned with a painted cartouche on the plaster, seemingly dating to the 17th century. The front gable is blind but also bears painted decorations.

The cross-passage is truncated by a cloakroom. The original service door is blocked but still visible. The doorway to the hall retains its heavy plank door. The hall features a large stone fireplace, chamfered ceiling beams with bar-and-lambs-tongue stops, and a stone firestair. The parlour within the added wing boasts a late 17th century plaster ceiling with a moulded cornice and relief fleur-de-lys decoration, along with a fireplace featuring an oak lintel. The main staircase, situated in the added wing, is a framed dog-leg design. The upper rooms have largely been refloored. The roof is a principal rafter roof with collars. The interior of Manor Cottage was unavailable for inspection; however, it is said to retain its fireplace in the main room (original kitchen) and the oven in the bakehouse wing.

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