Description

CHENEY MANOR ROAD,
SU 18 NW SWINDON
Rodbourne Cheney
1/30 Manor House and Manor Cottage
2.10.51
II*

House, now 2 dwellings. Late C16 to C20. Coursed Swindon stone
rubble and squared quoins. C18 section with limestone ashlar
quoins and limestone rubble used decoratively with Swindon stone.
Stone stacks with diamond brick shafts. Stone tiles and ridges.
Core building late C16, 2 bays with offset room having wide gable
to front. In C18 lengthened by 1 bay and refronted. Early C19
dairy extension to left with hayloft over, and late C19 brick
addition to rear with service rooms. C20 lean-to porch with
cloaks. All 2-storey. Core building has hollow chamfered stone-
mullioned windows, and 3-light cross windows at rear, with pointed
relieving arches. Gable now has off-centre C19 tripartite 4-pane
sashes. C18 remodelling of right wing has 3 bays 16-pane sashes in
flush quoined surrounds and central flat roofed porch having
original doorcase reset forward. Original dairy to left has 16-pane
sash and casement window. Rear late C19 service addition part
covers original windows.
Internally, C17 panelled first floor room with Jacobean royal arms
over fireplace. Ground floor large inglenook fireplace. There are
Some minor alterations to the building now taking place (July 1985).

Listing NGR: SU1383986577

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549047

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)