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SK 56 SW
3/39A

MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE
MANSFIELD ROAD
Woodhouse Place

II

Farmhouse now house. C17, early C18 with alterations and additions late C18
for Major Rooke, plus C20 alterations. Sandstone with ashlar dressings, plus
slate hipped and gabled roofs with 4 castellated stacks and Gothick finials.
Battlemented parapet. Quoins. Double range plan. 2 storey 5 bay front.
Off-centre door in 4-centred arched door surround and Gothick style projecting
porch supported on cluster columns with a battlemented parapet and Gothick
finials. To the left a 3 light shallow canted bay window with casements.
To the right a larger C20 bay window with 4 metal casements and central double
glazed doors, topped by battlements. Beyond to the right a C17 3 light
chamfered mullion window. Above 5 late C18 pointed casements, each of 2
lights with Y-tracery and plain ashlar surrounds. West front has 2 bays, with
2, 2 light casements and above 2 late C18 pointed casements each of 2 lights
with Y-tracery and plain ashlar surrounds. Rear facade has very irregular
fenestration, with 2 large early C18 glazing bar sash windows with ashlar
shouldered surrounds and keystones plus 3 late C18 flush mullion casement
windows. Interior south-east ground floor room has good quality early C18
stone fireplace decorated with a fluted keystone, 2 similar fireplaces
upstairs. A large stone Gothick fireplace with ogee top, and a smaller Gothic
fireplace also survive. Most doors are early C18 2 panel doors with
L-hinges. Various beams mostly boxed in but certainly early C18. Most
windows have panelled shutters. The staircase is probably late C17, though it
has been boxed in with C20 panelling.

Listing NGR: SK5408362497

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543829

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)