Description

TL 35 SE GREAT EVERSDEN KINGSTON ROAD
(West side)
4/94
The Manor House
22.11.67 (formerly Listed as
Manor Farmhouse)

GV II*

Manor House. C1600 extended in C18. Timber framed, plaster rendered. Tiled
roofs with two ridge stacks, one shafted. H-plan with a parallel range of
C17 outbuildings at the rear linked to the main range in C18. Two storeys.
Central block has a low parapet and a modillion cornice returned to the wings
2 : 3 : 2 window range of double hung sashes with single central vertical
glazing bar. Central doorway with shouldered doorcase. Rear range also
timber framed, rendered and tiled.-C18 stair house framed and rendered.
Palladian window in west wall. Interior: C18 details including a paved hall
with black setts at the corners and a stair house linking the front and rear
ranges. The open-string staircase is approached through a screen in an
elliptical arch with panelled pilasters and raised keyblock. The staircase
is in three flights with moulded and swept rail and column-on-vase balusters
with scrolled tread ends and curtail. There is a raised and fielded panelled
dado. The ceiling of the stair hall has C18 plasterwork consisting of a
cornice with egg and dart moulding, a circular main panel with acanthus
leaves, radiating from a lamp hook. Other C18 details in the house include
fielded panelling in a ground floor room, a Palladian window in the west
front and two fireplaces in the north end rooms with moulded surrounds,
panelled overmantels with cornices. On a moated site.

R.C.H.M.: West Cambs. Mon. (11)

Listing NGR: TL3598353761

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544404

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