List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: BRABOEUF MANOR
List entry Number: 1029535
Location
BRABOEUF MANOR, OLD PORTSMOUTH ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Surrey | Guildford | District Authority | Artington |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 21-May-1985
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 288308
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List entry Description
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History
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Details
SU 94 NE ARTINGTON C.P. OLD PORTSMOUTH ROAD
3/51 Braboeuf Manor
II
Manor house, now administration block for College of Law. Late c16,
circa 1590, with C19 front and C20 extensions to left and rear. Timber-
framed core with Bargate stone front and sandstone dressings. Plain
tiled roofs. Main range with gabled wing to front left. Four gabled
wings at right angles to rear and extensions set back to left. Two
storeys with attics in gable to left and under two gabled casement dormers
to right. Corbelled end stacks to right and left, further stacks to
rear. Stone dressed, mullioned, casement fenestration, those windows on
ground floor with stone transomes. Regular facade of three windows to
both floors with additional first floor window over projecting, two storey
gabled entrance bay to left of centre. Domed wood cupola above. Stone
dressed chamfered and moulded door surround, arched, to porch recess with
panelled door behind. Single storey angle bay window projecting to end
left from extensions set back to left. Two storey range behind with
arched casement fenestration and end stacks. Further extensions to left,
C20, not included.
Interior: Extensive C17 and C20 panelling in ground floor rooms.
Chamfered spine beams and joists in ceilings exposed: Two good C17
overmantles to fireplaces, panelled with strapwork and foliage decorations,
some figure carving. Fireplace in former library particularly notable:
en gadrooned base over stone fire surround with triple arched arcaded top
on squat Ionic pilasters and scrolls in decorated entrabature. Squat
figures to scroll pedestals. Further panelled and plasterwork ceilings.
PEVSNER: Buildings of England, Surrey, (1971) p 293.
Listing NGR: SU9904648172
Selected Sources
- Article Reference - Author: Nikolaus Pevsner Ian Nairn and Bridget Cherry - Title: Surrey - Date: 1971 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England - Page References: 293
National Grid Reference: SU 99046 48172
Map
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