Description

SO 78 SW; 32/38A

HIGHLEY,
MAIN ROAD,
The Manor House

II

Farmhouse, now house. Mid/late C16, with early C17 cross wing added
to left. Timber-framed, divided into small panels with brick infill;
gabled plain tile roofs; brick rear lateral stacks. 2-unit plan with
cross wing. Two storeys; 2-window range. C20 door and casements; gable
end of cross wing to right has ovolo-moulded bressummer to first-floor
jetty. C.1980 one-storey extension to rear. INTERIOR: exposed
timber framing. Mid/late C16 range to left has quartered stop-chamfered
beams and joists in main room divided by timber-framed partition (with
blocked doorway) from small service room to left; right-hand gable
wall, formerly an exterior wall, has moulded bressummer to first-floor
jetty; 2-bay queen-post roof with criss-cross pattern to wattle and
daub panels of off-centre truss. Cross-wing to right has similar stop-
chamfered beams, but with later form of jointing to joists; 2-bay
collar-truss roof with trenched purlins. Stop-chamfered beams to all
of first floor.

Listing NGR: SO7423683142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545933

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)