Description

MERTON
SP5717
10/103 The Manor House Nursing Home
- II
Farmhouse, now nursing home, probably incorporating parts of manor house.
Possibly C16/C17, remodelled and extended late C18/early C19. Rendered stone;
plain-tile roof with rendered brick stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys plus attic.
6-window front with moulded plinth, has tripartite sashes to both floors in bays
1, 4 and 6, and has 12-pane sashes elsewhere; panelled entrance with rectangular
overlight in bay 5 has a large C20 porch, and there is a secondary entrance
between bays 2 and 3. Roof has 3 stacks. Bays 1 and 2, which are both gabled to
rear may be the earliest. Rear has further 12-pane sashes. Interior: very large
open fireplace with chamfered bressumer. Formerly a large manor house belonging,
in the C17, to the Harrington family.
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V, p.222; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.701).

Listing NGR: SP5785117913

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26488070

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings