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The Manor House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Lutterworth, Leicestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.4562 / 52°27'22"N

Longitude: -1.1995 / 1°11'58"W

OS Eastings: 454493

OS Northings: 284546

OS Grid: SP544845

Mapcode National: GBR 8PH.X53

Mapcode Global: VHCTD.5J7G

Plus Code: 9C4WFR42+F6

Entry Name: The Manor House

Listing Date: 11 January 1955

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1292772

English Heritage Legacy ID: 392581

ID on this website: 101292772

Location: Lutterworth, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE17

County: Leicestershire

District: Harborough

Civil Parish: Lutterworth

Built-Up Area: Lutterworth

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Church of England Parish: Lutterworth St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Leicester

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Description


LUTTERWORTH
MARKET STREET
SP5484
1323-0/9/87 (East side)
11/01/55 The Manor House
GV II*

House, now offices. Early C18, partly refronted in mid-C19.
Stuccoed with horizontally-rusticated ground floor; moulded
bands over ground and first floors. Very deep boxed wooden
eaves to slate roof with rendered end ridge stacks and slope
stack to front at right of centre. Three storeys; regular
seven window front, glazing bar sashes, shallower on second
floor than below with moulded eared surrounds, probably early
C18. Giant pilasters flank facade on bases running through
ground-floor; anthemion-decorated inset panels and stylised
Corinthian pilasters. Central panelled door with diamond and
margin-glazed transom-light in Doric half-columned surround
with full entablature hood over. Interior: various early C20
bolection-moulded fire-surrounds, that in the entrance with
large double-tiered mantel surround in neo-Jacobean style
(probably late C19), with central circa 1730-40 Swithland
slate surround with panelled sides, imposts, keyblock and
lintel with carved bird and flower relief decoration.
Stone-flagged entrance hall with heavy egg and dart and
ribbon-work cornices. Stair rising though two storeys at rear
of hall. Anti-clockwise rectangular open-well stair with
shorter intermediate flights, probably circa 1720-40. Iron
twist balusters with gadrooned bulbs and square knops.
Corniced tread-ends and profiled cheek-pieces. Open ramped
rail. Columnar newel-posts with upturned gadrooned upturned
over. Footsplay and bull-nosed curtail step. Dado-panelled
sides with ramped upper rail and pilasters mirroring
newel-posts.


Listing NGR: SP5449384546

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