Description

SE 82 SE ALKBOROUGH WALCOT ROAD
(east side)

1/6 Walcot Old Hall (formerly
listed as Manor Farmhouse)
6.11.67

GV II*

House. Mid C17 with later internal alterations and c.1980 restoration. Red
brick, with front in English bond; rendered brick mullion windows. Pantile
roof. Approximately square, double-depth plan: 2-room central entrance hall
front with projecting porch; slightly narrower rear section with 2 rooms and
stair hall. Artisan Mannerist Style. 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays;
symmetrical. Plinth with 3-course chamfered brick band. Pedimented full-
height porch with central section breaking forward has stone step to
recessed round-headed doorway in square-headed reveal flanked by pilasters
with moulded bases supporting a flat rubbed brick arch and plastered moulded
brick pediment above. Recessed C19 part-glazed panelled door in keyed
architrave. Full-height bays breaking forward to either side have 3-light
chamfered mullion windows with transoms in chamfered reveals beneath flat
arches and moulded brick pediments. 3-course first floor band links bays.
Further similar windows to first floor. C19 wooden frames and glazing bars
to windows on left; c.1980 leaded lights to remainder. Modillion and dentil
brick eaves cornice to porch sides and between bays; 2-course brick cornice
bands to side bays. Porch has a similar band linking a pair of projecting
brick corbels with moulded caps, each supported on 3 moulded brackets.
Plain brick-coped open-pedimented gable above. Double-span roof with stone-
coped gables. Massive mid-roof stack to left; lateral stack to rear right.
Left and right returns have plinth, first and second floor brick bands,
window bays breaking forward and chamfered mullioned windows similar to
front. 2-light windows to rear section of right return, including 3 cross-
mullioned stair windows. Later attic casements to gables, one to left
return with leaded lights. 4-centred arch to rear entrance with original
panelled and studded oak door and beaded frame in reveal. interior.
Basket-arch chamfered brick fireplaces to front rooms. C17 wooden screen
between ground floor left and entrance hall has pair of round-headed panels
in keyed architraves with moulded imposts and moulded cornice above; marks
of former pilasters and strapwork frieze are visible. Wide chamfered
basket-arched fireplace and ovolo-moulded ceiling beams to rear left.
Original closed string staircase with C19 balustrade. Roof has curved
brackets to collars, clasped and butt purlins and housings for former
through purlins.

Listing NGR: SE8787221011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533711

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version