Description

SU 95 SW NORMANDY C.P. HUNT'S HILL ROAD

4/30 The Manor House

II

House. Mid C18, extended across the front in the early C20. Red
and blue brick on original wing, whitewashed render cladding to front;
plain tiled roof, hipped across front. T shaped plan with old wing
to rear. Two storeys with end stack to rear left and rear ridge stack
to centre of new front.
Old wing: three bays, former regular front now altered. Mixed
fenestration with three windows on first floor, one glazing bar sash
window to left, single casement to centre and 3-light casement to
right. Ground floor windows: two glazing bar sash windows to left,
casement doors to the right. Taller wing parallel to rear.
New Wing: Regular, with angle rusticated quoins and modillion eaves
cornice. Three tripartite glazing bar sash windows under cambered
heads to first floor. Plat band over ground floor, two windows below.
Central flat roofed porch with angle pilasters and panelled door.
The house was once the home of William Cobbett, author of "Rural Rides".

Listing NGR: SU9264051807

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26658137

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)