Bradenham Manor

Heritage listing

Details BRADENHAM BRADENHAM VILLAGE SU 89 NW 3/71 Bradenham Manor (formerly listed as Manor House) 21.6.55 GV II* Training college. Circa 1670, probably for Sir Edmund Pye and wife Catherine Lucas whose arms appear on staircase ceiling. S. wing incorporates remains of C16 house of Windsor family. Altered mid C19 and early C20. Brick, once colourwashed, with hipped old tile main roofs, slate pitches over narrow rear range, and panelled brick chimneys. 2 storeys, basement, and attic. W. front has 9 bays of red brick with red mortar. Plinth of older brick in English bond, moulded first floor band course, moulded eaves with narrow dentils, narrow recessed panels between windows. Windows have moulded brick architrave surrounds, those to ground floor with raised friezes and moulded brick cornices that interrupt band course. C19 3-pane sashes with narrow glazing bars. 2 basement windows to right, 4 flat-roofed dormers with small sashes. Central C20 doors with radiating fanlight, doorcase of fluted pilasters and open segmental pediment, and rusticated surround of whitewashed render with segmental head. Approached by flight of 8 moulded stone steps flanked by pair of stone pedestals with carved reclining dogs. Single storey extensions of 1903 to left. 3 additional bays to right are of mid-late C18 vitreous header brick with red dressings and deep first floor band course. These bays have blind sashes, later sash to first floor left, mid C19 arched window with stained glass to ground floor left, and 2 dormers. S. front has 8 bays similar to main W. front, but is of irregular brickwork without recessed panels between windows. 4th window formerly a door, 5th bay has false windows. 3 dormers. Rear is irregular, of red and vitreous brick, partly chequered, with first floor band and de

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.