Description

MORCOTT
SK90 SW HIGH STREET (South side)

5/114a The Manor House

10.11.55

GV II

Manor House, dated 1687 and little altered externally since. Coursed rubble
with stone tiled roof. Main front faces west and is of two storeys and five
bays: 1:3:1, with outer projecting hipped gabled wings. Central range has central
door with lugged moulded architrave, and date with intials T over C D in a laurel.
To either side is a mullioned and transomed window with ovolo mouldings, and
there are three more above. Outer wings have a mullioned and transomed window
to each floor, that to left on ground floor is partially cut through to form
a doorway, and alongside it is a window with chamfered timber lintel. In the
right hand wing, a doorway with chamfered timber lintels. Inner faces of wings
contain stone mullioned lights. Projecting string course. Moulded eaves cornice.
Large quoins. Street facade contains a renewed wood mullioned and transomed
window to each floor, and there are various mullioned windows to the rear. Axial
stacks with ashlar bands.

Listing NGR: SK9230500729

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510473

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Sussex: West (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
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets