Description

BRISTOL

ST67NW MANOR ROAD, Fishponds
901-1/54/1270 (North side)
08/01/59 Nos.11, 13 AND 15
and attached garden wall
(Formerly Listed as:
MANOR ROAD
Nos.11-15 (Odd))

GV II*

House and former school. c1720. Converted into schoolroom in
later C18. Thin Pennant rubble with rubble quoins and
limestone dressings, 2 rubble ridge stacks and a double Roman
hipped roof with cross wings at each end. H-shaped
single-depth plan with a central hall and attached end houses.
2 storeys; 4-window range.
Symmetrical front with 2 wings at either end. A central
pedimented porch contains a round-arched doorway with a key,
impost bands and benched niches inside, and a 4-plank door
with ovolo mouldings in a pegged frame with a segmental head.
Full height, segmental-arched windows either side, with 16/16
pane sashes with thick bars.
Projecting 2-storey wings have 6/6 pane sashes in flush boxes
on the right, C20 replacements on the left. Plat band, with on
left a plaque inscribed HANNAH MORE/ BORNE HERE/ FEB 2 1745.
Ridge stacks to the sides of the central bay. Similar doorless
rear elevation.
Right-hand return is a 3-window-range symmetrical front with a
similar door, flat rubble window heads and first-floor windows
beneath the wall plate.
INTERIOR not inspected but noted as having a central hall with
fireplaces at each end.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: low rubble wall to front and side areas.
HISTORICAL NOTE: birthplace of Hannah More, the notable
educational reformer, and a rare early schoolroom in its own
right. Graded for its historical and architectural importance.
Has group value with the nearby Church of St Mary (qv).

Listing NGR: ST6334276006

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553115

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)