Description

SJ 5224-5324 MORETON CORBET C.P. PRESTON BROCKHURST

14/73 Service block adjoining
- The Old Manor House
to north-west

GV II

Probably house, now service block. Mid-C17 with c.1700 addition. Dressed
yellow/grey sandstone with sandstone ashlar addition; plain tile roof.
2 storeys and attic with addition of one storey and attic. South front:
plinth, chamfered to rear, and 2 small gabled eaves dormers with 2-
light wooden casements. Stone ridge stack off-centre to right consisting
of 2 square shafts with moulded base and cornice and parapeted gable
end to left with chamfered coping and integral stone end stack with
moulded cornice. C17 right-hand part: 3 first-floor windows and 2 ground-
floor windows; one- and 3-light double-chamfered stone mullioned windows.
C18 addition to left (see straight joint): pair of 2-light double-chamfered
stone mullioned windows flanking boarded door. Exposed collar and tie-
beam truss in right-hand gable end with brick nogging. Interior: C17
chamfered spine beams. 5-bay roof; tie-beam trusses with 2 collars
and queen struts; brick and lath and plaster infill. Pairs of purlins
with wind braces.

Listing NGR: SJ5363224613

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26472824

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings