Description

ST AGNES MITHIAN
SW 75 SW
4/172
The Old Manor House and Manor
Cottage
-
GV II

Former manor house, now divided into 2 houses. Possible C17, but appears to be
C18, extended circa later C19. Some C19 and C20 remodelling. Coursed killas,
killas rubble, some dressed stone part render to Manor Cottage. Various roof
materials. Some dry Delabole slate; mostly asbestos slate hipped roof on Manor
Cottage; concrete title on main part of Manor House and corrugated asbestos over
extension to front wing. Rubble stacks: over rear wall towards left over party
wall towards right and over right-hand wall of Manor Cottage. Brick chimney over
front gable end (on the left).
Plan: Irregular plan: principal 2-room C18 (or possibly older) range has C18
parlour wing in front of the left-hand room and a 2-room plan C18 range at right
angles on higher ground at the right-hand end, projecting at both front and rear;
a late C18 or early C19 1-room plan service cottage in front of the parlour wing
and some C20 extensions behind the right-hand side. There is said to be a tunnel
leading from The Manor House to the Miners Arms (qv).
Exterior: 2 storeys. Irregular elevations to Manor House and to its front wing.
Front of Manor House has original C18 flat arches over ground floor openings: door-
way on the left and window on the right. C20 6-panel door, C20 rebuilt gable over
right-hand window. C20 windows. 2-window rear has C20 door and windows. Stepped
lateral stack towards the right. Cottage wing has 1 window front on the right.
Old 4-panel door. Manor Cottage (right) has projecting regular 2-window end. Circa
late C19 or C20 12-pane horned sashes. Right-hand side wall is a 3-window entrance
front with 2 doorways and similar sashes.
Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW7446150551

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614026

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)