Description

SJ 70 SE BECKBURY C.P. HIGH STREET (South side)

5/48 Beckbury Hall.

- 29.9.51

GV II

Manor House. C16 or early C17, re-modelled early C18 with late C19
additions and alterations. Red brick, planted timber framing to East
front. Plain tiled roofs. Garden front of 2½ storeys, 3 gabled bays,
imitation stone floor bands, 2 projecting 2 storeyed late C19 canted
bays to left and right gables; glazing bar sash window to first floor
above central entrance, C18 lunette to central attic gable, glazing
bar sashes to left and right gables; all windows including C19 leaded
casements on ground floor to either side of projecting bays, with
imitation stone lintels and raided keystones, ramped coping at each
end with ball finials; brick ridge stacks to left and right of central
gable and to left of left hand gable, C20 verandah over entrance,
Sun Fire Insurance plate late C19 extensions to left and right. Planted
timbering to East front probably conceals C16 or early C17 timber framed
house of hall type with projecting cross wings. Interior has fine
Caroline staircase with heavy turned balusters, and contemporary
decorative oak panelling to the hall and left hand ground floor front
room.

Listing NGR: SJ7645101561

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26305390

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)