Description

WAKERLEY MAIN STREET
SP9599 (South side)
10/178 Wakerley Manor
GV II
House. Datestone "John Archer 1769", extended and altered early and mid C19.
Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and Collyweston slate roof
Originally 3-unit plan now irregular L-shape. 2 storeys with attic. Main front
is a 3-window range with Gothick style gabled porch breaking forward to centre.
Central outer archway with segmental arch-head and chamfered surrounds. Similar
inner doorway, with part-glazed door, and arch-head side lights. Flanking French
doors with chamfered stone surrounds and Gothick glazing bars. Unhorned sash
windows, with glazing bars, to first floor, have chamfered stone surrounds with
keyblocks. Ashlar gable parapets, with finial, to porch, and ashlar stacks at
ends. Datestone on quoin to north-west corner. Elevation to left of main front
has a 2-window range of C19 sash windows with ashlar surrounds, to right gable
end. Early C19 three-window range, to centre and left, has mid C19 tripartite
sash windows under gauged stone heads. Gable elevation to right of main front is
similar to left gable. Mid C19 gable is attached to right and mid C19
single-storey extension attached to far right. Rear elevation has one casement
window, in gable end, under wood lintel. Interior: entrance hall has early Cl9
staircase with stick balustrade, rising around an open well. Some 6-panel doors.
Dining roam to left of entrance has Gothick style marble fireplace, reset from
drawing room, to right. Ground and first floor rooms to left and right of
entrance hall have chamfered spine beans.
(RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p154)

Listing NGR: SP9522599490

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565818

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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