Description

SO 90 NW EDGEWORTH EDGEWORTH VILLAGE

5/104 Edgeworth Manor

4.6.52

GV II*

Large country house. Tudor fragments particularly in cellar but mainly late C17; mid C19 south range remodelled by Capel N. Tripp in 1882; enlarged and remodelled again by Sir Ernest George in 1899. Coursed rubble limestone; ashlar dressings, chimneys and frontispiece; stone slate roof. C17 house of 2 storeys with basement and attic, central staircase plan; C19 south range of two rooms; C19 north wing now demolished; C19 west range has large hall and further staircase. Tudor revival style west and south facades continuing round to part of east front. West front: 2-storey gabled porch with attic projects forward of gable end of south range to right and 4-window hall elevation to left with 2 attic gables; windows are generally mullioned or mullioned and transomed with 3-centred arched heads to each top light, all with leaded casements; 2-light chamfered mullioned windows to basement with relieving arches over; roll moulded parapet gables with open-work carved finials flanking porch gable; to left of porch chimney stack with paired diagonal shafts and moulded caps; to right stack has pilaster modelling. Round-arched doorway with moulded architraves, imposts and keystone flanked by fluted Doric pilasters, and Doric entablature over with central carved coat-of-arms; round-headed timber door with square framing, arched in head; 9-light mullioned and transomed staircase window above flanked by Ionic pilasters; cornice above is continuous on this front and incorporates segmental pediment over stair window with strapwork carving enrichment to tympanum and flanked by obelisks in relief; 3-light window above with slit vent over. Upper floor of elevation to left of porch has continuous pattern of fenestration: windows 2 plus 2- light with king mullion and lozenge decorated panels between. South front: 2-window fenestration with rectangular 2-storey bay window to left and eaves mounted chimney stack to right. Bay has 12-light mullioned and transomed window to ground floor with continuous drip mould to this front stepping over; 4-light with 3-centred arched heads to upper floor with similar 4-light in attic gable behind. Chimney stack has pilaster modelling and is flanked by ball finials mounted on the parapet; pediment immediately below; two cross windows to upper floor with plain 6-light mullioned and transomed centrally below. Part of east front is in Tudor revival style: attic gable end in south east corner with flat roofed part to right linked by crenalleted parapet; 3-light with 3-centred arched heads to attic with 2-light below; tripartite with scrolled pediment to ground floor; casement with moulded architrave, keystone and bull-nosed sill to right with 2-light above. Remainder of front is C17 5-window 2-storey facade with coved eaves; ridge chimney stacks mounted on parapet end gables to north and south. Central doorway entering at half level below ground floor reducing window opening above; flat timber porch hood on carved brackets; windows have moulded architraves, keystones and bull-nosed sills; continuous drip mould above ground floor; mixed fenestration within openings, some leaded casements in timber cross windows, small paned tall casements and C18 sashes with some glazing bars missing; 2-light flat-faced recessed mullioned with relieving arches to basement looking onto area; 2 root dormers with segmental pediments. Single-storey service wings to north are C20 replacements for former north wing. Interior has 1 late C17 panelled room in east front: carved entablature lintel to fireplace with eared architrave to opening; 2 carved floral panels to chimneypiece, the whole flanked by fluted Ionic pilasters with pulvinated frieze over; shell hoods to apsed niches either side of fireplace; fielded panelling with bolection mouldings throughout. C17 timber newel post staircase adjacent, with ball finials to newels and barleysuqar balusters. Tunnel vaulted room in C19 south range as plaster strapwork ceiling picked out in coloured paintwork. Further large C19 room has Jacobean revival plaster ceiling and French medieval hooded stone fireplace installed in C20. Terrace to south and east fronts of house has retaining wall with offset buttresses topped by polyhedron finials, and opening with square piers surmounted by sundials. The medieval manor on this site was largely rebuilt in 1685 for Nathaniel Ridler. Late C17 house is visible now from east side only. Stands on a prominent site overlooking the deep wooded Frome valley. Gates and gatescreen to west (q.v.); stables and coach house to north west (q.v.); and 2 gateways in park (q.v.). (W. J. Sheils, 'Edgeworth' in V. C. H. Glos. xi, 1976, pp 41-47).

Listing NGR: SO9489405930

External Links

• Edgeworth Manor at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17537205

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