Description

1.
5111 MANOR ROW BD1
(west side)

No 29
SE 1633 SW 36/820

II GV

2.
Part of County Court and built forward to road line. Dated 1899 this was the
former Customs and Excise and Stamp Office. A highly finished small scale Mannerist
design combining Renaissance and Flemish details in finely masoned sandstone ashlar.
Two storeys and attic, 5 bay front, the flanking bays broader, with quoin pilasters
and gables crowned by segmental pedimented aedicules. Plinth, horizontal rustication
to ground floor with cornice over, sill course and dentilled eaves cornice. Parapet
with 3 tall segmental pedimented dormers. Dies surmounted by urns flanking base of
gables. The first floor windows of wings are given a blind Venetian surround, those
on ground floor are fully tripartite with pediments over centre lights. The
3 central first floor windows are framed by panelled pilasters with dentilled cornices
over. The central entrance is flanked by mullioned-transomed windows in architrave
surrounds. The round headed doorway has a richly carved surround with similar
carving to spandrels; flanking fluted, Doric columns on pedestals support segmental
pediment with Royal Arms.

Listing NGR: SE1619933460

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26600931

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock