Chells Manor

Heritage listing

Details TL 22 NE ASTON CHELLS LANE (north side) 1/17 Chells Manor (formerly listed under 24.11.66 general) - II* Manor house, now house and office. Late C14 or early C15 for the Wake family (VCH (1912) 144). Wings added to heightened open hall house in C16 and Cl7. Altered in C19 and C20. Timber frame on red brick sill. Roughcast on front (S) and W, but frame exposed with large square panels at rear and E. Steep old red tile roofs and red brick chimneys. A large H-plan, 2-storeys house facing S. One and a half storeys Cl7 service wing to N of W wing, roughcast but C18 red and black brick N gable with C19 projecting gable chimney. Cross-passage at W end of hall behind inserted chimney, possibly replacing a timber framed hood in late Cl9. 3-bay E wing has stair in narrower middle bay and double jettied S gable has heavy corner brackets and double roll moulding on bressumer. Double jettied, 3-bay, 2-storeys and cellar, W crosswing slightly later, without brackets or bressumer moulding, has similar narrower middle bay for a stair and chamfered 1st floor doorway into upper floor over hall range which by then must have been heightened and floored. Ovolo moulded mullioned windows blocked in E side walls of W wing date it to early Cl7. Large entrance doorway in E wall (blocked). 2- bay service wing extending to N has a tall diamond mullioned W window (altered and part blocked) and was originally open to the roof. Entrance and passage moved to E end of hall and E wing provided with new stair and new main entrance from E in early C19. S entrance returned to old position and one at other end of hall blocked in C20, with passage thrown into SE room. Imposing S front with gabled wings jettied at 1st floor and attic levels, and tall red brick panelled chimney rising through front slo

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.