Description

SK 5236 NE BEESTON AND STAPLEFORD MIDDLE STREET
(south side)

6/31 Nos. 2 and 2a
(The Manor House),
18.,l0.49 boundary wall and
wash house

II

House. Early C17. Rebuilt c.1675. East wing early C18.
Refenestrated early C19 and additions mid and late C19. Brick,
partly rendered and colourwashed, with C20 plain tile roof.
Chamfered dressed stone plinth, coped gables, that to south
shaped. East front has diaper work. 2 side wall, single gable
and single grouped ridge stacks with 4 diagonal shafts. 2
storeys plus garrets, 4 bays. Baffle entry, L-plan. Windows are
mainly Gothick casements. East front has remains of symmetrical
round headed openings. Blocked central doorway flanked to left
by 2 casements and to right by door with Gothick overlight.
Above, small central casement flanked by single larger casements.
To left, beyond boundary wall, mid C19 flat-roofed addition
forming No.2A. Door to left and plain casement to right. Above,
central casement. All with segmental heads. Return angle to
south has 3 casements on each floor, mostly with rubbed brick
heads. Above again, mid C19 gabled dormer with casement. Double
gabled street front has to right, first and second floor bands
forming semi-circular and triangular window heads. Off-centre
casement flanked to left by 2 and to right by single blocked
openings. Above, 4 blocked openings. Above again, blocked oval
central opening with adjoining casement. Above again, each gable
has a casement, that to left plain. West front has to left late
C20 single storey addition, 3 bays. To right, mid C19 wing and
beyond mid C19 lean-to and flat roofed additions. Off-centre
canted hipped porch has 2 casements. Above, 3 Gothick and single
plain casements. Otherwise irregular C19 and C20 fenestration.
Principal rooms have chamfered span beams and fireplace
bressummers. Re-used span beam in east wing. Early C18 3 storey
dogleg stair with landings. Square newels, vase and stem
balusters, moulded handrail, intersecting strings. Secondary
winder stair with octagonal newel. West wing has double purlin
roof with collars. South wing has principal rafter roof.
Several late C17 plank and panelled doors, 2 with chamfered
surrounds with ogee stops. Several C18 plank and panelled doors.
2 early C19 hob grates with plain ashlar surrounds. Late C18
moulded wood fire surround. Outside, to east, boundary wall with
doorway with segmental head. Adjoining early C19 wash-house with
plain tile roof and Gothick opening in south gable. Triangular
louvred opening in opposite gable. Ref: Barley, M. W. and
Wallwork, S. C. Transactions of the Thoroton Society, Vol.
LXXXVI, 1982. pp.89-96.

Listing NGR: SK5289036615

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567404

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)