Description

SE 05 SW EMBSAY WITH EASTBY PASTURE ROAD
(north side)

8/24 Manor House (No 34) and
No 32
10.9.54 (formerly listed as Embsay
Hall or Manor House)

- II*

Formerly one house, now 2. c1635 with mid C17 and C20 alterations. Slobbered
squared rubble, stone dressings, stone slate roof. Lobby-entry plan. 2 storeys,
6 bays. Projecting gabled entrance porch in fourth bay. Central entrance has
chamfered surround, moulded impost blocks and basket arch of 11 voussoirs.
Chamfered surround and segmental arched lintel to inner entrance, plank door and
strap hinges. Embossed plaster decoration of lions and thistles. Oversailing upper
floor to porch on 6 stone corbels. 2 datestones (probably reset) of Alcock family
inscribed: T E A W A A
16.52 1665
8-light double chamfered mullioned window which continues round left and right hand
return; king mullion; hoodmould. Blocked stepped 3-light mullioned window in gable;
stepped hoodmould. Shaped kneelers and coping. Far left-hand bay has small
chamfered window in each storey. Remaining windows are double-chamfered with hood-
moulds - ground floor: 4 and 5-light cavetto mullioned, 2-light mullioned, 6-light
cavetto mullioned with king mullion; upper floor: two 3-light, two 2-light and
3-light mullioned. Left-hand former gable end ridge, right of centre and right-hand
gable end ridge stacks. Interior: early - mid C17 plasterwork in central ground
floor room including lions mask panel with vines. Plaster panel in front left-hand
room inscribed 1636 TA. C17 oak partition and plank doors on upper floor. No 32
contains blocked inglenook in right-hand gable.

Listing NGR: SE0053753824

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Manor House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17534953

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)