Description

TAMWORTH

SK2004SW LICHFIELD STREET
670-1/6/105 (North side)
11/05/50 No.95
The Manor House

GV II

House, now offices. Early C19 remodelling of earlier house,
with C17/18 origins. Brick with ashlar dressings; hipped tile
roof. Georgian style. Double-depth central-staircase plan. 2
storeys; symmetrical 5-window range, 2 windows to each end in
forward breaks. Ashlar plinth, ground floor sill band; top
cornice. Entrance up 3 steps has doorcase with architrave,
fluted frieze and consoled cornice, overlight to 6-panel door.
Windows have rubbed brick flat arches, those to ground floor
over 12-pane sashes; 1st floor has windows with sills, and
12-pane top-hung casements. End small single-storey wings have
entrances with doorcases, that to left with stone-coped
parapet, that to right with segmental-headed window with
12-pane sash. Rear has architraved entrance with large windows
to forward break to left with 12-pane sashes. Interior much
altered, with stick-baluster stair. Reputed to be the home of
Sir Thomas Guy, the founder of Guy's Hospital, London and
Guy's Almshouses, Tamworth, who also built the Town Hall
(q.v.).

Listing NGR: SK2034504080

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491510

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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