Description

YATTON C.P. STREAMCROSS (north side) Claverham
ST 46 NW
5/189 Manor Farmhouse
11.10.61
- II
Farmhouse, now house. Early C17, later C17 stair tower enclosed by rear wing,
refronted and some internal alterations mid C18, with later alterations.
Rubble, rendered, pantiled roof with ridge and gable stacks. Original 3-room
through passage plan, extended by rear wing to L-plan, with attached outhouses at
angle to right. 2 1/2 storeys and 6 windows, all sashes, irregularly spaced,
except ground floor left C20 French window, 3 plate-glass single lights under
eaves, 3rd bay from right has fine studded door with fleur-de-lys strap hinges
and flat hood. Attached to left, former stable, slightly lower, with C20 French
window, now in separate occupation. Left return has lower gable end of stable
with single and 2-light C20 casement at first floor, lean-to to left with 2-light
casement, single light, door and 4-pane light to side; main house has 2-span
roof formed by infill of L-plan. Right return has single storey outbuilding on
same axis as main house with door and window opening to rear; rear wing to right
has catslide to side with 2 raking dormers of 2 panes each, 2 unglazed openings
at ground floor; single storey addition at angle to right with small opening and
double doors to eaves height. Rear of main house has addition to right infilling
L-plan, first floor has two 2-light casements to right, single light and 2-light
casement to left, ground floor has two 2-light casements, flat-roofed porch with
inner plain door with inset glazed panel, single light, French window and 2-light
casement, all C20; lean-to to right has 2-light casement and single light; to
left, external stair to upper door of attached outbuilding, door to left; roof
hipped over rear wing of L-plan. Interior: rear door to through passage also
studded with fleur-de-lys strap hinges; room to right of passage has fireplace
(ridge stack) with chamfered stone jambs and flat moulded lintel, oven recess to
left, chamfered beams, end wall has C18 cupboard with shaped shelves, rear wall
has linen press with drawers and panelled doors. 2 rooms to left of passage,
now one, C18 cupboard with shaped shelves, chamfered beams, end fireplace,
blocked, has high cambered and chamfered lintel with oven to right, rear wall has
heavy door with strap hinges and chamfered frame cut back for passage of barrels.
Wall of rear wing battered internally. At first floor, room to end left has
chamfered and scroll stopped beams, C19 panelling and cupboards to end wall with
L-hinges. Central room has screen wall along rear passage, ventilation in walls,
possibly used as cheese room; roof along main range, not fully visible, has
principal rafters, collars, some cambered, one row of purlins and ridge purlin
with plated yoke. (Sources: Williams, E.H.D. : unpublished survey, RCHM).

Listing NGR: ST4423066315

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430772

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6