Description

SP1051
10/81
01/02/67

BIDFORD-ON-AVON
WELFORD ROAD
(South side)
Barton
No. 12 (The Manor House) and No.14 (Barton Cottage)
(Formerly listed as Manor House)

GV
II

Manor house, now divided into 2. Datestone inscribed 'JOHN PAYTON ANNO
DOMINI 1663' C18/early C19 wing on right. Lias ashlar with alternating
broad and narrow courses, and limestone dressings. Left gable of colour-
washed C19 brick. Wing of red brick with brick dentil cornice. Tile roof,
stone slates to left cross-wing. Brick internal and end chimneys. L-plan
with cross wing on left and coped cross gable on right. Two storeys and attic,
5-window range, 2-window wing. C17 studded door with traces of incised
lozenge pattern in moulded wood surround with later overlight above lintel,
and cement dressings. Barton Cottage has entrance next to cross-wing: C19
4-panelled half-glazed door with moulded wood surround and late C20 porch of
coursed lias with tile roof. Stone mullioned 2 and 3-light windows with hood
moulds. Cross-wing has 4-light ground floor windows with king mullion,
and C19 attic casement under segmental arch. Left return side has
2 blocked 2-light windows on 1st floor. Rear wing has some exposed close
studding with later brick infill. Interior: Barton Cottage has some exposed
framing, and in the kitchen a large open fireplace, now partially blocked, with
broad stop chamfered bressumer.
(V.C.H. : Warwickshire, Vol III, p.51).

Listing NGR: SP1078651196

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26638113

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