Description

SP 70 NE ASTON SANDFORD ASTON SANDFORD

7/13 The Manor

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- II

Manor house. C16, C17, enlarged by Sir G.G. Scott in 1867. Original
house timber-framed with brick infill. Rubblestone C17/C18 refronting,
then Scott block in red brick with plum brick bands and stone
dressings. Old tile roofs. 2 storeys. Irregular south east front of
4 bays. 3 bay south west or garden front. South east front has
2 gabled right hand bays in rubblestone, left hand brick gable.
3-light casements with 2-light ground floor casement between. Timber
framing to side and rear with straight braces. Large stack to flank.
Scott bays have, to right bay, entrance with canted bay windows beside
and cross-mullion window above. Left bay and left bay of south west
front gabled with 2-storey canted bay window, vent slit to gable.
Centre bay of south west front has arched door and cross-mullion window
above. Right bay with 3-light windows. All windows to Scott block are
stone mullioned and transomed type. Coped gables. Diagonal flues to
stacks, 4 to stack between left bays of south east front, 2 flues to
one at left of south west front. Further stack to C17 bay. Interior:
C16 right hand bay has arch braced roof trusses in 4 bays. Left hand
timber-framed bay queen strut trusses. Scott roof has collar inscribed
'Robert Rose, Builder, Haddenham 1867'.

Listing NGR: SP7554607862

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617681

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)