Description

NORTH BADDESLEY FLEXFORD ROAD
SU 42 SW
4/17 Manor House
(formerly listed as
29.5.57 Baddesley Manor including
stables and garden wall)

GV II

House, on the site of the Precaptory of the Knights Hospitallers from the mid C12
to 1536. C15, C18, with mid C19 minor alterations and additions. Brick walls of
header bond, rubbed flat arches, blue panels between windows, corner pilasters,
plinth: stone cills; other walls of Flemish and English bond: stucco parapet
with pierced balustrade(of oval strapwork) above a moulded stone cornice. Hipped
slate roof, tile roof to lower wings. Symmetrical west front of 2 storeys and
attic, three windows. The dormers (C19) have pediments, the main windows are
sashes in reveals. Victorian porch of the same style, with stucco balustered
parapet, moulded cornice, corner pilasters, plinth, panelled front door and side
sashes. To the rear of the west front there extends (southwards) a long two
storeyed service wing, of 1.3.3 windows, with a tile roof and brick walls of
English and Flemish bond, ending in two wide cambered (carriage) arches, one now
fitted, the interior of this building has timber framing, of earlier date. The
north elevation of the main block is symmetrical, of two storeys and attic, 2.2
of similar details and three pilasters. Set back to the rear as a lower two-
storeyed east wing is the surviving unit of the medieval group of buildings,
being the kitchen block with a massive chimney breast; externally there is
brick facing, and the north elevation has a Venetian window above two sashes.

Listing NGR: SU4046020644

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26451448

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)