NHER 65596 (Building record) - The Manor House, Yarmouth Road

The Manor House, Yarmouth Road. Part of a complex of listed buildings that were all previously recorded under NHER 4656 (Town House). The other elements are now also recorded separately, as NHERs 65594, 65595 and 65597-65599.

February 1952. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Formerly listed as Manor House and barn.
House, partly divided into flats. Mid 17th century with later additions and alterations. Brick with plain tiled roofs. 'L'-shaped plan...Courtyard front now comprises four dwellings with doorways and porches of 20th-century date...Gabled roof with ridge stacks at intervals. First floor of north section with Diocletian window. 17th-century house on east-west axis to right. Large external stepped stack. South front (remodelled early 18th century) of two storeys and dormer attic. Two distinct parts, that to right of four bays defined by rusticated quoins…three-bay elevation to left...Heavy timber eaves cornice through entire facade below gabled roof...Interior retains bridging beam in kitchen: sunk roll chamfers with tongue and diamond stops. Roof of this range of tie beams, collars, two tiers clasped purlins and windbracing. Ties and collars cut to accommodate attic flats and dormers."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 May 2022.

July 1975. Field Observation.
Seen by E. Rose (NAU).
Town House Hotel/Walpole House/cottages. Block of listed buildings. All 18th century. Only shells remains...Semi-derelict.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 19 July 1975. Information from record card (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

December 1988. Building Survey.
The north projection of Manor House is externally all late 18th-/19th-century with a Diocletian window. The main east-west block has an external north stack, and in the north wall blocked large openings on each of two floor levels, with possible traces of a timber frame. Royal Commission survey of Walpole House [NHER 65597] dates the building to the 17th century and says the south façade was added c.1700 (not seen). The Listing confirms this date, saying that the façade is in two sections, one of four bays between rusticated quoins, one of three bays with a moulded string course.
There is an overall timber cornice. This sounds very like Town House [NHER 4656]; was the latter built at the same time as Manor House was refaced?
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA). Information from file notes (S3).
P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.