Description

SO 81 SE UPTON ST LEONARDS PORTWAY
(east side)

6/201 Manor Farmhouse

10.1.55

GV II

Large detached farmhouse. Late C17; early C19 rebuilding and
enlargement. Coursed, squared and ashlar limestone; ashlar
chimneys; stone slate roof. L-plan; 2 storey with attic; single-
storey outshut in rear angle; attached single-storey outbuilding to
north east. South west front: early C19 ashlar refacing; 4-window
segmental-headed fenestration; outer tripartite sashes, 12-pane
inner; blocked segmental headed recess to upper floor over central
doorway with 6-panel door and later C19 porch with Jacobean revival
parapet gable; round arched side porch windows; 2 gabled roof
dormers with leaded casements. North west side; C19 addition to
left; refacing to right with eaves-mounted chimney increased in
height in C19; roof hipped in west corner; 3-window segmental-
arched tripartite sash fenestration; doorway with 4-panel door and
segmental-arched head to left of centre; 2 gabled roof dormers with
leaded casements; single-storey outbuilding to left with timber
lintels to door and window openings. South east side: blank gable
end of front range to ridge with ridge-mounted chimney; projecting
chimney stack to side of back wing with brick rebuilt shaft; C20
outshut partly obscures upper floor blocked window; small-paned
upper floor casement to right and gabled dormer above with leaded
casement. Back elevation: projecting gable end to back wing to
right with ridge-mounted chimney; raking buttress to rear of front
range with cavetto mullioned casement to right having 2 pointed-
arched lights, presumably reset from elsewhere; 3 upper floor
small-paned casements to right with stone lintel.
Interior extensively remodelled in early C19 alterations; roof
mostly C19. Important cruck-framed barn to north west (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO8712914099

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448184

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