Description

SU 12 NW COOMBE BISSETT HOMINGTON VILLAGE (north side)

4/71 The Manor (formerly listed as Homington 23/3/60 Farmhouse)

GV II

Detached house. Late C16 refaced c.1700 and rear wing added c. 1730, 1930s service wing to rear left. C18 Flemish bond to front and timber-framing to rear of C16 range, 1730s wing in header bond,- tiled roof with brick stacks. L-plan, with C20 additions forming a 'U' shape. 2-storey and attic, 4-window front. Planked door in weatherboarded gabled porch to right of centre. To right is one 2- light casement, to left is tripartite sash and 2-light casement, all with segmental-arched heads. First floor has two 2-light casements and two single casements, 2-brick plat band. Attic has three hipped dormers of C20. Right return is chalk and brick with tile-hung gable, two 2-light casements to ground floor three 2- light casements to first floor and one 2-light casement to attic. Left return is garden front of C18 wing, 2-storey, 5-window. Ground floor to left has one 12-pane sash, blocked central door and C20 half-glazed door, first floor has 3-brick string course with bullnose bricks to lowest course, three sashes. Coved eaves cornice. All sashes with thick glazing bars and flat arches with keystones. Right part of left return is C16 range with two 12-pane sashes to ground floor and two 2-light casements to first and attic floors. Rear has C20 single-storey extension to left, central part of C16 range has timber-framed first floor with one 2- light casement and C20 lean-to to ground floor, C18 wing to right has 2-span roof with external stack, with French windows and sashes to first floor, attached is C20 conservatory. Interior: 4-bay timber-framed C16 range has chamfered beams with concave stops, former central open fireplace now removed, west fireplace with cambered lintel and chamfered stone jambs, planked doors with 'L' or butterfly hinges. 1730s wing has doors with fielded panels, ground floor drawing room has fine plaster ceiling with rococo centre-piece, very similar to one in Mompesson House Salisbury, and fielded panelling above moulded dado rail, stairs to first floor of wing with moulded dado and cornice. In C17 and C18 probably owned by Wyndham family who may have added west wingc. 1730. (Unpublished records of RCHM (England), Salisbury).

Listing NGR: SU1236526046

External Links

• Wikidata Q26274810

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)