Description

ST 86 SE HOLT LEIGH ROAD
(off east side)

5/58 The Manor House

GV II

Manor house. Late C17, late C18, mid C19 and early C20. Rubble
stone, Welsh slate hipped roof, stone stacks. Rambling L-plan.
Two-storey, 6-window front. Recessed C20 door with niche to right
and small sash to left, within Tuscan portico of c1980, two 16-pane
sashes to first floor. Matching flanking wings, the left one with
two 12-pane sashes to ground and first floor, the right one with
two 16-pane sashes to ground and first floor. Mid C19 ashlar wing
projecting to left has 12-pane sashes and plat band. Right return
has five French windows to ground floor within C20 loggia, five
first floor sashes, two flat-headed attic dormers with 2-light
casements. Left return has 8-pane sashes to C19 wing, left return
of C17 range has two cross windows with fillet-mouldings to ground
floor and three to first floor, moulded string course, wing to left
built as services, has sashes and 6-panelled door, gable end with
1913 datestone. Rear has lean-to extensions, half-glazed door and
4-pane and 16-pane sashes, gable end of C17 range has early C20
renewed cross windows and string course.
Interior largely remodelled C20, retains original early C19
joinery; 6-panelled doors in moulded architraves, window shutters,
open-well stairs with stick balusters, cantilevered stone stairs
with moulded handrail, chamfered beams in C17 range, moulded C17
balusters on attic landing.

Listing NGR: ST8568662598

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26272666

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)