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: THE MANOR HOUSE
List entry Number: 1285279
Location
THE MANOR HOUSE, THAME ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | District Authority | Great Haseley |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 18-Jul-1963
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 246854
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List entry Description
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History
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Details
GREAT HASELEY THAME ROAD
SP6OSW (East side)
5/88 The Manor House
18/07/63
GV II*
Manor house. Late C17 and late C18. Coursed limestone rubble and ashlar
dressings; old plain-tile roof with stone and brick stacks. H-plan plus added
rear wings. 2 storeys plus attics. 7-window front, divided 2:3:2, has storey
band and a stone cornice breaking into a small open triangular pediment over the
central window. Central doorway has double-leaf C18 doors, flanking pilasters
and a segmental pediment, and the sash windows (mostly 12-pane) have stone flat
arches. Central range has 2 double-sash dormers with flanking scrolls and
triangular pediments with finials. Similar dormer to hipped right wing but left
wing altered to 3 storeys with plain parapet. Large projecting stone stacks to
return walls, and a Venetian window and hipped dormers to left. Rear is
irregular and complex but has some stone cornices and hipped roofs. Interior:
Large early C17 open-well stair with strapwork balustrade; high quality late C17
marble fireplace with festoons, masks and flanking scrolls; late C17 secondary
stair with heavy turned balusters rising to second floor; elaborate late C18
cornices and doorcases and an inlaid marble fireplace with rustic relief panel
by William Collins.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.620).
Listing NGR: SP6437101739
Selected Sources
- Article Reference - Author: Nikolaus Pevsner and Jennifer Sherwood - Title: Oxfordshire - Date: 1974 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England - Page References: 620
National Grid Reference: SP 64371 01739
Map
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