Description

OLLERTON C.P. SEVEN SISTERS LANE
SJ 77 NE

2/47 Manor Farmhouse

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- II

Farmhouse. c.1670. Plum English garden wall bond brick with stone
and rendered stone additions and slate roof. Entrance front: stone
plinth. Gabled single storey porch entrance to right hand side with
rendered stone quoins. Semi-circular arched doorway now bricked in to
lower level with arched late C19 window above with ovolo moulded sill.
To left of this is a 2-bay C19 composition with a doorway to centre
having gabled timber porch supported on brick base before. To either
side are four-light windows with ovolo-moulded mullions and surrounds
and cambered relieving arches over. Two similar three light windows
to first floor with a single light C19 window to the right over the
Cl7 gabled porch. Evidence of windows having been previously disposed
in a different arrangement including signs of two second floor
windows, now blocked. C19 two - storey addition to right with
three-light canted bay window with ovolo-moulded mullions and surround
to ground floor and three-light window to first floor with
ovolo-moulded surround.
Interior: Chamfered end-stopped ceiling beams to ground floor rooms.
Decorated panelling to through corridor (perhaps originally forming
dais end to ground floor hall) of plaster and wood. Doorway to centre
with rectangular panel above containing shield which is divided
vertically by a raised band. Inscription in relief reads L. L.
I. E. S. S.
1668 1673
To either side of this central panel are paired pilasters on cyma
moulded bases with surrounding strapwork. To either side of them are
semi-circular panels with strapwork surrounds and diamond-pointed
rustication to their spandrels and raised keystones. The panels each
contain relief mouldings of 2 pear trees inclined towards each other.
Further rectangular panel over door to right also showing inclined
pear trees, perhaps of a later date.

Listing NGR: SJ7747576467

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26605029

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living