Description

SK 76 NE GRASSTHORPE TOWN STREET
(west side)

1/45 The Manor House
and boundary wall

G.V. II

Manor house. 1697. Brick, colourwashed, with steep pitched
slate roof. First floor and eaves bands, 2 gable stacks, single
rear wall stack. 2 storeys, 5 bays. L-plan. Main east front
has central panelled door with glazing bar overlight, flanked by
2 glazing bar sashes. Above, 5 glazing bar sashes. South gable
has, to left, a glazing bar sash and above, a C20 casement. Above
again, diamond datestone on chimney, inscribed 'M B E 1697'.
Large lean-to rear addition, brick, colourwashed, with pantile
roof, has to south a glazing bar sash. Rear elevation has in
rear wing, a casement, a glazing bar sash, and to right a plank
door. Above, to left, a glazing bar casement. Boundary wall
adjoining south front, brick with stepped plinth and triangular
brick coping. 5 M long.

Listing NGR: SK7952467800

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473508

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)