Description

BELTON BROWSTON LANE
TG 40 SE (west side)
7/3 Browston Green
The Manor House
27.ll.54 (formerly as Manor Farmhouse
with attached barn)
- II

Farmhouse with attached barn, now converted into single house. Early C17,
rebuilt 1689, restored and altered mid C20. Brick on brick and flint plinth.
Thatched roof. Baffle entry plan. 2 storeys. South front has irregular bay
disposition. C20 door left of centre under C20 timber porch. To left of door
is a datestone N.R.S. 1689. 4 leaded C20 casements to each floor. In
addition one small square window to ground floor and 2 similar to first floor.
Gabled roof. Rebuilt ridge stack left of centre and internal gable end stack
to east : rectangular plinth carrying moulded base and 2 rebuilt octagonal
flues. Eastern gable head is on moulded kneelers. Rear also with C20 leaded
casements. One C19 and one C20 flat-topped single storey extensions.
Interior. Bridging beams and joists intact. Fireplace to east room is 4-
centred and enriched with roll and hollow mouldings, the jamb stops are tongue
and barred.

Listing NGR: TG4980501792

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26653976

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)