Description

TF 08 NW SAXBY MAIN STREET
(North side)

6/38 Manor House
30.11.66
II

House. Mid C17, c.1700, 1786 refronting with C19 and C20
alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and
quoins; pantile roof with raised stone coped gables and kneelers
and 2 brick ridge stacks. L-plan, lobby entry; the main front
has 2 storeys with garret in left hand gable and 4 bays with an
off centre glazed door with C20 pent porch. To left is a single
glazing bar sash and beyond a canted glazing bar bay window with
hipped stone slate roof. To right is a single 3 light casement.
The 1st floor has 2 glazing bar sashes and a single 3 light
casement. A single glazing bar sash is in the gable over. All
windows are C20 replacements and have segmental stone heads. In
the gable is an oval datestone inscribed "AD 1786". Further
right is a single storey service wing of 2 bays with raised stone
coped gables and kneelers. Interior: during alterations the
remains of 2 C17 4 centred stone fireplace surrounds were
uncovered and sites of some blocked mullioned windows discovered.
The main roof is of staggered butt purlin type c.1700.

Listing NGR: TF0045286126

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458632

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)