Description

MAIDEN BRADLEY CHURCH STREET
ST 83 NW
(west side)
4/94 The Old Manor House
(formerly listed as The Post
Office Stores)
6.1.66
GV II
Detached house. Mid C17. Rubble stone, hipped tiled 2-span roof
with bands of fishscale tiles, stone and brick stacks in valley.
Two-storeys, attic and cellar; 3-window east front. Central door
with 6 fielded panels in moulded surround with stops, within stone
porch with moulded stone doorway and hipped roof, cellar has 2-
light chamfered mullioned casement to left and 3-light mullioned
casement to right, chamfered plinth to ground floor; 3-light
ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed window with hoodmould either
side of porch. First floor has three 3-light mullioned and
transomed windows with hoodmoulds, all casements are leaded. Right
return, now main entrance front, has 3-light chamfered mullioned
cellar casement to left of central gabled stone porch with moulded
doorway with hoodmould, 9-panelled inner door, coped verge with
swan with coronet, 3-light mullioned and transomed window with
hoodmould either side. First floor has two mullioned and transomed
casements. Two hipped attic dormers with leaded 2-light casements.
Rear has late Cl9 brick single-storey lean-to extension, first
floor has two 3-light ovolo-mullioned casements, one above the
other, lighting stairs to centre, two cross windows with hoodmoulds
either side. Left return has 3-light mullioned and transomed
casements to both floors, 2-light casements to two hipped dormers.
Interior not accessible at time of survey (October 1986), but said
to retain good original C17 features such as stairs with splat
balusters, first floor stone fireplace with volutes and rich
foliage carving.
(N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Wiltshire, 1975)

Listing NGR: ST8012638848

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26494545

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)