Barbon Manor

Heritage listing

Details SD 68 SW BARBON BANNERIGGS BROW (North side) 16/9 Barbon Manor II House. 1862-3. By E.M. Barry. For Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth. French Renaissance style. Rock-faced limestone with sandstone ashlar dressings on basement with chanelled rustication and swept hipped pavilion slate roof with fishscale bands. South facade of 2 storeys and basement and attic, 4 bays. Battered basement with roll mould over; ground floor has enriched cast iron balcony and cornice; 1st floor has sill course and entablature. Windows have ashlar surrounds and splat balustrading to aprons, and are sashed with single glazing bars and horns, those to ground floor have French windows. Attic has round-headed dormer windows with hoods and lead-clad roofs. Cross-axial stack with moulded cap. Bowed 3-bay east end has similar details, with recessed bay to north, which has spiral fire escape. 2-bay west end has roughcast recessed 1st bay; 2nd bay has tripartite windows. North facade of 3 bays. Ground floor sill course. Central 1st floor tripartite window has to frieze above the inscription: "KYND KYNN KNAWNE KEPE". Porch has entrance with overlight and flanking lights and paired panelled doors. Keystone with letter 'S', cornice and splat balustrade with central armorial bearing and ball finials. 2 stacks with moulded caps. Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth Bart, 1804-77, was an important Manchester man, noted for his work on educational and medical issues. Listing NGR: SD6393682826 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 75589 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.