Description

HORNINGSHAM CHURCH LANE
ST 84 SW
(east side)
2/121 Manor House
11.9.68

GV II

House in own grounds. Late C16, altered late C18. Rubblestone,
Welsh slate to front pitch of roof, tiles to rear, brick and ashlar
stacks. 'L'-plan. Two storey, 5-windowed; sashes. Central 6-
panelled door recessed in chamfered rusticated surround, two 12-
pane sashes either side. First floor has five 12-pane sashes,
moulded string course over. Right return has 2-light casement and
recessed chamfered light to attic. Left return has C20 casement,
3-light mullioned and transomed casement with hoodmould and C19
door in C20 porch to left, first floor has two 3-light hollow-
chamfered mullioned and transomed casements with hoodmould, attic
has 2-light hollow-chamfered mullioned casement. Rear has patio
doors to left and two 12-pane sashes to right, first floor has one
sash, attic has one 2-light hollow chamfered mullioned casement,
rear wing has one 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement to
ground floor.
Interior has doors with six fielded panels to ground floor, doors
with two raised panels to first floor, in moulded architraves.
Ground floor west room has fine late C16 moulded Tudor-arched stone
fireplace with Tuscan columns to overmantel with heraldic arms,
strapwork decoration and guilloche frieze, armoured figures and
ball finials to top., First floor fireplace over latter has square
ovolo-moulded surround with fluted Doric columns to scrolled frieze
and dentilled cornice, overmantel with Ionic columns and heraldic
shield with strapwork. Fireplaces said to come from Woodhouse
Castle, in Horningsham, demolished.

Listing NGR: ST8214441425

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26288029

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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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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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)