Description

SWAYFIELD CORBY ROAD
SK 92 SE (north side)

5/199 No.5
(Manor House)

G.V. II

House. Early C17 with mid C18 alterations and additions, C19 and
C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and
dressings, Collyweston slate and Welsh slate roofs with stone
coped gables and roll moulded ridge. Central square ashlar ridge
stack with cornice and 4 moulded shafts. Originally L-plan with
C18 range added to side front. 2 storey with garret, single bay
gabled C17 range to left of side front (south) with single 3
light C20 casements under timber lintels to ground and first
floor and single garret light. In 2 storey C18 wing, with Welsh
slate roof, a C19 half glazed door is covered by timber porch
with shaped lead hood. To left single 3 light casements under
timber lintels to each floor. The gable end on the north side
has single margin lights to ground and first floors with moulded
stone architraves. Interior retains in the storage area at the
rear of the house a C17 fireplace with moulded bressummer having
jewel stop. In the room above is a C18 bolection moulded
fireplace surround with Bath grate inset.

Listing NGR: SK9884022731

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26316120

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Recommended Books

• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990