Description

SP 02 55 ABBOTS MORTON CP ABBOTS MORTON

11/3 The Old Manor

30.7.59

GV II

House. Early C17 with early C18 and C20 alterations. Timber-frame,
rendered infill, hipped tile roof. U-plan, front range aligned north-east/
south-west, wings extending to rear (north-west); lobby entrance to left
(south-west) of centre against stack, (with two shafts of 6-point star-plan);
stair turret centrally placed on rear wall. Two storeys with attic lit by
two hipped dormers; 2-light mid-C20 casements; ground floor: entrance off-
centre left with mid-C20 hipped tiled canopy. Interior: many early C17
boarded doors with applied mouldings; staircase in turret early C17 with
turned balusters. Framing: originally three square panels high to first
floor, close-studding to ground floor; gables of cross-wings removed on
front elevation when hipped roof was built in early C18; rear gable of
right cross-wing has panels with decorative timber infill forming quatrefoils.

Listing NGR: SP0278355085

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388621

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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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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)