Description

CALDECOTT MILL LANE
SP 8693-8793
11/27
Manor House.
GV II

House. C17, said to be dated JS 1695 on now illegible plaque, refronted c.1850,
remainder with C19 and C20 alterations and extensions. Mostly of coursed
ironstone rubble with some limestone dressings, the main front block with
limestone ashlar facing to small part of rear. Collyweston slate roof to front
block; rear wing re-roofed with C20 tiles. T-plan. Front wing is of 2 storeys
with blind attic, and 3 bays. C19 front has brick parapet with moulded stone
coping, 3-pane sashes to first floor, and 4-pane sashes flanking central
double doors with marginal glazing. Gables have limestone copings and ashlar
chimneys with cyma recta cornices. Below chimney on right gable end is an
illegible plaque with raised lozenge and cornice. Below this both storeys have
blocked 2-light windows with ovolo-moulded limestone mullions and casement
cornices. Left gable has 2 blocked attic windows with similar surrounds and
cornices. Rear of left bay is ashlar faced with moulded stone eaves and C19
2-light wooden casement to first floor. Lower rear wing is of one storey and
attic and 2 bays, with brick chimney to gable end and ashlar chimney with
additional brick flues to centre. C19 3-light wooden casements, those to ground
floor with shaped stone lintels and triple keyblocks, those to attic in hipped
eaves-line dormers. C20 lean-to porch to left shelters good C17 doorway with old
2-panelled door in moulded and stopped stone surround with cyma recta cornice.
Gable end has ironstone coping and ovolo-moulded mullion windows, of 3-lights,
with quadrant cornices. Interior of this wing has stop-chamfered spine beam with
bracket at one end, and fireplace with moulded stone jambs.
(M Neenan, Caldecott, 1954).

Listing NGR: SP8663193650

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26555301

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (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)