Description

ST13SE COTHELSTONE CP

3/86 Cothelstone Manor

25.2.55

GV II*

Incorrectly marked on OS map as Cothelstone Farm formerly Manor House.
Manor House. Mid C16, largely demolished 1646 and rebuilt 1855-6. Squared
coursed red sandstone with white limestone dressings, tiled roof, coped
gabled wings, ashlar stacks and large external stack on left return
elevation.
"U"-plan. 2 storeys, 1:2:1 bays; 5-light mullion windows to right of
entrance in central block, 7-light in gabled wings groundfloor, string
course, above paired 2-light mullions under hood moulds with blind
niches in gable ends. Central block has pair of 3-light mullions
projecting through the eaves with gabled tops carrying ball finials on
the kneelers with coronets at apices similar to gabled wings. All the
mullions are of the tripartite baluster type unique to Cothelstone.
Groundfloor windows have oval leaded panes, those above are diamond
shaped. Main block and inner return walls of wings have unusual
tapering buttresses set on moulded plinths with carved design set on
imposts. Similar reduced versions with ball finials and partially
twisted shafts flank the 4-centred arch entrance surmounted by an
elaborate coat of arms. Mid C19 internal porch with arched doorway to
right. Rain water head inscribed EJE 1856. Interior: all appears to
date from the mid C19. After the destruction of the Civil War only the
left-hand wing and ground floor of the central block remained. The
house was re-roofed and restored by E.J. Esdaile 1855-6.
(B. Stawell, History of a Quantock Family, 1910; Country Life, Jan 11,
1908, SANHS Proceedings, vol 44, 1898, vol 54, 1908; photographs NMR).

Listing NGR: ST1814531800

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Cothelstone Manor at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q1136619

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)