Description

PILLERTON HERSEY
SP2948
11/111 The Old Manor and Hersey Manor
02/09/52 (Formerly listed as Manor
House)

- II

House, now 2 dwellings. Late C17/early C18 altered 1860 with large wing of 1850.
Coursed squared stone and rubble stone with stone dressings and small section of
buff brick, plain-tile roofs with brick and stone ridge and end stacks. 2
ranges: that to left the earlier, L-plan with wing projecting on left; range to
right dated 1850 in Jacobean style. 2 storeys, part with attic, 4-window range
in all. Left range, Hersey Manor, has 2 paired 2-pane sashes over part-glazed
door with overlight, 2-pane sash and similar paired sash. Similar sash on both
floors on projecting wing gable with 2-light attic stone-mullioned window in
attic gable, which is of buff brick and dated FM 1860. On right, C19 dormer with
similar window, and Cl9 bell-cote and stack on ridge. On left end an arcade
formerly forming part of C19 service wing demolished in 1970's. To rear of left
range are glazing-bar sashes, a 3-light casement and stepped buttress up to
eaves level, set in stuccoed walls. Right range has projecting porch with
datestone 1850 and part-glazed door inside. Large side has gable on right,
stone-mullioned windows with hood moulds and tiled porch in angle. Stone-coped
gables with kneelers. Interior: that of The Old Manor not inspected but Hersey
Manor has open fireplace, some reset C18 panelling and brick-vaulted cellar.

Listing NGR: SP2995248976

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26287136

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (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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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]