Description

TARSET HIGH GREEN
NY 89 SW
24/88 Highgreen Manor

GV II

Country house with 2 cottages attached to rear. c.1885 extended 1894 for Mr.
Morrison Bell. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof.

In 2 sections.

To left the older section: 2 storeys, 5 bays. 3-bay centre has central gabled
porch and paired sash windows with stepped and castellated gables over each
bay. End bays are round towers; they have corbel tables and ashlar parapets
with slit windows and blank recesses in raised moulded surrounds; moulded
cornices and tall conical roofs with swept eaves and lead finials. Elsewhere
hipped roofs with tall corniced stacks.

Addition to right L-plan. Recessed linking section to left has part-glazed
door with mullioned overlight; above 5 small 6-pane casements in raised
moulded surrounds. Projecting right bay has 4-light window on ground floor;
on 1st floor a canted oriel window on moulded corbel with shield incribed
C 1894 L Flanking the oriel 2 carved panels in foliage frames, to right the
W B M.
Morrison Bell crest, to left a bell. Above the oriel a gable flanked by
chimneys with a pronounced batter.

Interior: Stone fireplace with moulded mantelshelf and large segmental
overpanel bearing Morrison Bell crest, all set in aedicule with pilasters
and modillion cornice.

Listing NGR: NY8085391052

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26296897

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback