Description

SK 93 NE LONDONTHORPE & HARROWBY HIGH ROAD
WITHOUT Londonthorpe
2/41
No 21 - Manor House

II

House; late C17 with C19 alterations; coursed limestone rubble with ashlar
quoins and dressings. Pantile roof with raised stone coped gables, with ball
finials and off centre ridge stack of brick with stone base. 2 storeys with
cellars, 4 bays with off centre C19 panelled door with plain stone surround
with keystone, flanked by to left 2 light and 3 light cavetto mullioned
windows with cornice and to right a similar 3 light window. 3 windows
above all 2 light cavetto mullioned, to eaves. Iron frame casements
throughout. Above door C19 Brownlow shield and scroll in plain stone
surround. To gable end facing street a single blocked C16 opening at 1st
floor level and above a slate plaque, probably early C19; with paired lions,
greyhound and coronet of the Brownlow arms in each corner, being a gauge for
a huge water tank previously housed in the roof and which served a number of
other houses in the village. Interior has inglenook fireplace with chamfered
stopped beam and original salt cupboard and pot hangers.

Listing NGR: SK9536537950

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544988

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6