Description

SP 82 SW HOGGESTON MAIN STREET
(west side)

7/63 Manor Farmhouse
(formerly listed
as The Manor House)

4.6.52

- II*

House. Early C17, altered and extended mid-late C18. Older part is
of C17 brick with diaper patterning in blue headers to part of first floor
and chimneys. Plinth partly of rubble stone, brick first floor band
course, finely moulded brick eaves cornice with moulded modillions
carried round chimneys but partly missing. Old tile roof. L-plan
with staircase projection in angle, 2 storeys. E.front has 3 gables,
altered, the outer gables having off centre external C17 chimney stacks
with paired shafts set diagonally on richly moulded bases. Broad central
brick pilaster has flanking 3-pane sashes to ground floor and paired
leaded casements to first floor. One bay of sash windows to far right,
4-pane to first floor. Windows to far left are blocked. All windows
have brick voussoir heads with brick keyblocks. S. front has 2 gables,
that to left shaped and stepped with off-centre external chimney stack
terminating in 3 attached shafts, square flanking diagonal, on moulded
bases. Flanking 3-pane sash windows. Broad brick pilaster to centre
of front. Right gable has 2-storey slight projection to centre with
2 blind panels to first floor and remains of elaborate entry below;
segmental arch, flanking rendered pilasters, moulded cornice and traces
of segmental pediment. Flanking bays have leaded cross windows to
ground floor, that to right with off-centre mullion and old glass panes,
and 4-pane sashes to first floor. Similar entry to N. front, altered
C19 but with more complete moulded pediment, now rendered. C18 L-plan
extension to W. is of red and vitreous brick with red quoins and moulded
plinth. Old tile roof. Main 2-storey block to N. has sash windows,
lower block of 1½ storeys to S. has 2 bays of leaded casements with paired
C19 sashes to right, C19 porch in angle. Interior: early C17 staircase
with turned balusters, moulded handrail and string, panelled newels with
removable ball finials and one shaped pendant. Ground and first floor
entrances to staircase have panelled Doric pilasters and moulded
entablatures. Moulded 2 or IS-panel doors. One room with C17 panelling.
N.E. ground floor room has plaster ceiling with re-set plaster motifs of
rosettes and cherub heads. Some windows with C17 glazing and catches.

RCHM II p. 152-3 Mon.3.

Listing NGR: SP8083824970

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535999

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)