Description

KEYNSHAM

ST6568 BRISTOL ROAD
739-1/4/27 (South West side)
19/06/75 The Old Manor House and attached
rear courtyard wall
(Formerly Listed as:
BRISTOL ROAD
Old Manor House)

GV II

House, now hotel. Reputedly dating from 1617; mid C19
restoration. Squared and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings
and copings, gabled pantile roof with end and mid-ridge stone
stacks.
STYLE: Tudor Gothic.
PLAN: cross-passage, double-depth plan with rear service wings
parallel to road with further range at right-angles to north.
EXTERIOR: 2-storeys and attic; 6-window range. Roadside facade
completely remodelled in the mid C19: three 4-light and one
3-light chamfered-mullion windows with dripstones to ground
floor; four 3-light mullion windows to first floor; 2 gabled
half-dormers with 2-light mullion window. Central gabled porch
with Tudor-arched outer entrance and inner, original
Tudor-arched doorway with plank door. Square turret rising
through roof to north-east corner with slit windows and spired
tile cap; stacks with paired shafts and row of three to north;
ridge tile cresting. Gable end of north range to road has
blocked mullioned window. Rear courtyard with 3 gabled wings
extending from main range to left; early C19 outshut with
gable to left at south-west corner. Gable ends have coped
parapets, that to north with tall ashlar stack. Mostly early
C19 plate-glass sash fenestration in flush ashlar surrounds,
though south-west outshut has plate-glass sashes with margin
glazing under cambered heads.
INTERIOR: cross-passage has small late C18 wooden elliptical
arches to ceiling, 2-light chamfered-mullion on south wall and
early C19 stained glass window to rear wall. Large inglenook
fireplace in ground-floor right-hand room.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: rear courtyard has retaining wall to
which are attached ancillary buildings; 2m high of squared,
random coursed limestone, minor brick infill and some cambered
ashlar coping stones and cement coping.

Listing NGR: ST6529268851

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26664419

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair