Description

KILPECK CP -
SO 42 NW
5/30 Dippersmoor Manor
29.9.52
GV II

Former farmhouse, now house. C15 core with later C16 additions and
remodelling, further additions in C17 and C18 and in 1845. Part timber-
framed with brick infill and part sandstone rubble, stone slate roofs.
Irregular plan with C15 cruck hall of which only two trusses remain to
the west side of the building. During the later C16 a stone wing with
stone winder staircase was added to the north side of the earlier build-
ing. The house was further extended to the east and south during the C17
and C18 and a further wing was added extending from the south and to the
east in 1845. Part two storeys and part two storeys and attics with part
cellar. West front: gable end of late C16 addition to left with part
sandstone rubble and part timber-framing in gable; small 2-light casement
window in attic. Two-light casement window to first floor and 2-light
French casements to ground floor. Gable end of C15 section to right reveal-
ing one cruck truss; 2-light casement window to first and ground floors,
lean-to extension to right with 2-light casement window and now blocked
doorway. Present doorway to right-hand return of lean-to, C18 wing is set
back and has one small window to left and one 2-light casement window to
right. Two 3-light casement windws with segmental heads to ground floor.
Interior retains fragments of C17 and C18 panelling, some with enriched
details; some rooms retain moulded and chamfered ceiling beams, the main
staircase has shaped splat balusters and a square newel with a shaped finial.
(RCHM, Vol I, p 159-160).

Listing NGR: SO4468129793

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26391751

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