Description

SJ 5024-5124; 13/21

CLIVE C.P.,
JUBILEE STREET (east side),
The Old Manor House or Clive Manor

(Formerly listed as Clive Manor)

28.10.60

II

Shown on O.S. map as The Manor House.
Late C16 and early C17 with mid- to late C19 and late C20 alterations.
Timber-framed with painted brick nogging on roughly dressed grey sandstone
and brick plinth; partly rebuilt in painted and rendered brick; plain
tile roof with catslide over outshut at rear. T-plan, at right angles
to the road; baffle-entry hall range of three framed bays aligned approximately
east-west with projecting gabled cross wing of two framed bays to west.
Framing: square panels, three and four between sole plate and wall plate.
One storey and attic and two storeys, over basement. South front: large
roughly central dressed grey sandstone ridge stack with brick top and
mid- to late C19 grey sandstone ashlar external lateral stack to left
with chamfered plinth, moulded string course to three square shafts with
continuous moulded string and moulded cornice, and pitched-roofed link
to attic. 1 + 3-window front; late C19 and mid-C20 two- and 3-light
leaded wooden casements, French casements, off-centre to left; roughly
central pair of C20 glazed doors with mid-C20 timber framed gabled
porch with leaded windows and boarded door. Rear: pair of large C17
timber framed gabled full dormers with 3-light leaded wooden casements;
central C17 doorway with semi-circular stone step, boarded door and
surround with quarter-round moulding and shaped segmental head. Rear
of cross wing with mid-C19 three-light cast-iron latticed casements
and basement with C17 double-chamfered 2-light mullioned stone window
and external steps down to boarded door.

INTERIOR: chamfered beams;
posts with large jowls. Large central ground-floor open fireplace
with chamfered sandstone reveals and chamfered wooden lintel. Cross
wing (formerly divided) with two late C17 stone corner fireplaces, the
left-hand with moulded surround and moulded cornice and the right-
hand with bolection-moulded surround. Late C17 dog-leg staircase with
winders, turned balusters, and square newel posts. Small first-floor
C17 stone fireplace with a quarter-round moulding. The cross wing
was formerly timber-framed with a jettied gable but it was rebuilt
in rendered brick in the mid-C20, incorporating some of the timbers
internally.

Listing NGR: SJ5136324219

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471949

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Recommended Books

• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)