Description

SO 9624 PRESTBURY BOWBRIDGE LANE
(west side)

17/38 The Manor House

4.7.60

GV II

Detached house. Probably C17, largely rebuilt in brick c1770, as
indicated by a diamond-shaped datestone high up in brick gable end
facing onto Lake Street. Stone slate roof with brick stacks.
Rectangular plan to main body. Early C20 pebble-dashed range at
right angles to main body,not of special interest. Main body; 1½
storeys. Gable end facing onto Lake Street with three-light
casement with horizontal glazing bars within segmental-headed
surround to ground floor. Flat-roofed 4-light oriel window to
first floor. Wall facing onto Bowbridge Lane with 2-light dormer
from eaves. Canted 5-light bay with leaded panes to ground floor.
Single C20 casement without glazing bars to left. Circular window
with decorative leaded panes and dressed stone surround to right.
Pair of 2-light stone-mullioned casements with square-sectioned
mullions to right. Axial and projecting gable-end stacks.
Interior; large open fireplace with wooden bressumer.

Listing NGR: SO9672524183

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624241

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)