Description

SJ 52 SW
8/49
28.10.60

HADNALL C.P.
PLEX ROAD
(east side)

Smethcote Manor
(formerly listed as Smethcote)

GV
II

Farmhouse. Early and mid-C17 with partial mid-C19 rebuilding. Timber
framed with painted brick nogging on red sandstone plinth, a small
part rebuilt in brick painted to represent framing; slate roofs. Framing:
small square panels (5 from sole plate to wall plate) with long straight
tension brace. Large square panels (3 from sole plate to wall plate)
with short straight corner brace. T-plan; large baffle-entry range
of 2 framed bays with gabled cross wing of 2 framed bays. 2 storeys
and attic. South (garden) front: hall range with large brick ridge
stack off-centre to right, 2 gabled eaves dormers with 2-light small-
paned casements, and rooflight to left. Two pairs of small-paned first-
floor wooden casements to left and C19 three-light segmental-headed
wooden-framed metal casement to right; central ground-floor C19 three-
light wooden casement, small C20 wooden casement to left and C19 three-
light segmental-headed window to right. Boarded door between first
and second windows from right with projecting late C19 brick porch
and outbuilding in front. Right-hand gable end has collar and tie-
beam truss with queen struts and V-struts. Projecting cross wing to
left with integral brick lateral stack to left and collar and tie-
beam truss with queen struts in gable; first-floor C20 three-light
small-paned wooden casement and pair of ground-floor C20 small-paned
French casements. One storey and attic C18 and C19 brick service
wing set back to right. North (entrance) front: 2 dormers. Hall range
with C19 and C20 two- and 3-light small-paned wooden casements; C20
door with early C19 doorcase consisting of pierced panelled pilaster
strips and shaped brackets supporting triangular pediment. Cross wing
with small-paned 2-light attic casements, probably C18 first-floor
horizontal-sliding glazing bar sashes and ground-floor C20 two-light
casement. Sun fire insurance plate above west door of cross wing
(No. 648143). Interior: chamfered ceiling beams, cross-beamed in cross
wing. Large open fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel. Old dog-
leg wooden staircase with rectangular balusters; winder stair to attic.

Listing NGR: SJ5035520900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26472345

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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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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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)