Description

SP 82 NE SOULBURY B448 (CHELMSCOTE)

3/40 Chelmscote Manor
(formerly listed as
Chelmscott Manor House)

26.9.51
II

House, part originally chapel. Mid C14 converted to house C16-
Cl7, restored and extended C20. Original range to south is of
greensand rubble with some clunch dressings and has diagonal
corner buttresses, that to N.E. corner missing. Hipped old tile roof,
now truncated below the ridge line which survives only in a small
section around the chimney. Chimney is between right-hand bays and
is of brick, rebuilt. 2 storeys, S. front of 3 bays. C20 stone
mullion windows, 3-light to right bay and ground floor of centre bay,
2-light to first floor of centre and to ground flooor of left bay.
Ground floor windows have flat hoodmoulds. Traces of gables, outlined
in limestone, between bays, that to left over blocked doorway, that
to right over C14 arch now sheltered by C20 gabled stone porch with
arched double doors. Left side has similar windows, entrance and
basement windows. Right side has C20 3-light window to first floor and
C20 shallow projection with parapet and 5-light window to ground floor.
Parallel range to north in matching style is dated 1956 over door
in E. end. Later C20 brick range with leaded casements is attached
to N.W. corner. Internal C14 remains of chapel include: entrance
arch on N. side; squints in N. and S. walls, each with moulded stone
surround and cusped arch; cusped piscina in S. wall near E. end;
doorway and squint in N. wall at first floor level. Double-sided
fireplace inserted late C16-C17, the W. side with curved brace to
moulded spine beam. Similar moulded spine beams to other ground
floor rooms all ornamented with small blank heraldic shields.

RCHM II p. 269 Mon. 4.

Listing NGR: SP8972027326

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606181

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)