Description

SK 94 SW
5/21
BARKSTON

WEST STREET

The Old Manor House

II

House, now divided into two properties; originally a C14 house remodelled
in C17 and with extensive alterations of 1863. Coursed limestone and iron-
stone rubble, banded on right hand side, ashlar quoins and dressings,
C20 concrete tiled roof with raised stone coped gables and 2 moulded gable
and off centre ridge stacks. Two storeys with attics; irregular six bay
front. Left hand C19 door with date stone over on a shield shaped plaque
with hood mould inscribed 'IAH 1863', flanked by single three light casements
with relieving arches over. A further C19 door to right with a small
C19 fixed light beyond. All ground floor openings have deep ashlar lintels
First floor has a single two light and one three light casements. To the
extreme right it a small square blocked C17 window. In the roof are two
C19 gabled dormers with two light casements. Inside is a possibly
repositioned C14 deep niche with a cusped trefoil head which may have
been a piscina; the back wall in which it is set has a prominent batter
on the inner face. This is the site of a monastic grange.

Listing NGR: SK9298141546

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603658

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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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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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)