Description

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SW7834SW HIGHER MARKET STREET 580-1/5/87 No.39 28/01/49 The Manor House

GV II

Town house. 1768 datestone at rear and inscribed RB, on C17 site. Granite ashlar with plinth and flat keyed arches; steep asbestos slate roof at the front with modillion eaves cornice; scantle slate at rear and to rear wings, the deep wing retaining many C17 crested clay ridge tiles; deep wing on left and shallow wing on right. Deep plan including rear wings. Mid Georgian style. 3 storeys; symmetrical 5-window front. Probably original 12-pane hornless sashes and original central pedimented doorcase with eared moulded architrave, pilasters and consoles; 8-panel door and overlight with 3 lozenge panes; panelled reveals. Rear wings have wide openings spanned by flat arches with projecting keystones. INTERIOR not accessible at time of survey but said to retain most of its original features.

Listing NGR: SW7846034386

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets