Description

BADSEY CP HIGH STREET (west side)
SP 0643 - SP 0743

14/11 The Manor House (Nos 4 & 6)

30.7.52

GV II*

House. Late C16, restored mid-C20. Timber-frame with rendered infill on
rubble ground floor with quoins and hipped tile roof. U-plan, front range
formerly hall and carriage entry through it; south wing of six bays, north
wing of two bays. Stack on side wall of north wing has three diamond brick
shafts, other stack to junction of south wing and front range. Two storeys,
coved cornice, three windows: oriels with lean-to stone tile roofs. Ground
floor with four windows, that to left of five lights with stone mullions.
Recessed portion to centre indicates carriage entry, now with C20 entrance
to No 6. Entrance to No 4 to right. Framing: three square panels high
with projecting moulded bressummer to first floor, with elaborate herring-
bone bracing in panels. Interior: moulded stone fireplaces to main stacks.
On the site of The Seyne House, a property of Evesham Abbey. Restored in
1940s by a group of local individuals, when the building had become very
dilapidated. (BoE, p 74; Bond, C J: "The Estates of Evesham Abbey: a
preliminary survey of their medieval topography", Vale of Evesham Historical
Society Research Papers, Vol 4, 1973, p 9).

Listing NGR: SP0697743397

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548496

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover