Description

SP 78 NW FOXTON SWINGBRIDGE STREET (north west side) 5/21 The Manor House 21.7.51 GV II

House. Possibly C14. Mid C17, partly rebuilt mid C18, C20 alterations. Brick and stone. Swithland and Welsh slate roofs. Ridge stack and gable stack with stone base. Chamfered stone plinth. T-plan. East front: 2½ storeys, 3 bays. Central doorway with C20 brick porch with Ceanarveon arched doorway with panel door. To left, a 3-light casement with cambered arch. To right, a C20 4-light casement with concrete lintel. Above, when brickwork replaces stone, to left, two 2-light casements and to right a 3-light casement all with cambered arches. Above again, 2 smaller 2-light casements, both with cambered arches. At right, a lower 2-storey, 2-bay addition with gable stack, chamfered stone plinth and stone- work to a height of c 2.5 m, thereafter brick. Off-centre doorway with C20 glazed door. To right, a 3-light casement with cambered arch. Above, two 2-light case- ments with cambered arches. Rear wing: C17, stone. Brick coped gables, with brick ridge stack. 2 storeys with basement. North wall has 2 arched doorways, possibly C14 with steps half below ground level, to basement. Between these, a C20 flight of steps rising to C20 French windows with wooden lintel. West gable wall has chamfered plinth with a 2-light casement above with wooden lintel. Above, a similar window. South wall has chamfered plinth. Above to right, a 2-light casement with wooden lintel and above, a gabled dormer with 2-light case- ment. In angle between rear wing and front range, an outshut, continuing plinth, with above, a 3-light casement with mid C17 stone mullions. Above, brick replaces stone and there is a sliding sash. All windows are C20 replacements. Interior: Lower 2-storey range has C18 chamfered main beam with joists on ground floor and straight staircase to upper floor,, which has C18 king post truss and was originally used for agricultural purposes. Outshut has C18 joists on ground floor. Rear wing, upper floor has 2 upper cruck trusses with side purlins, also C18. East facing range, first floor has mid C17 stone fireplace with moulded chimneypiece. Attached ancillary ranges, formerly for agricultural use and of no special architectural interest, run north and east of house. A datestone inscribed 1397, which may have come from an earlier building upon this site has been reset in a nearby garage of no special architectural interest. VCH, V, 90.

Listing NGR: SP7003989757

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