Grenville Manor

Heritage listing

Details SP 7408 HADDENHAM ASTON ROAD 11/175 No.3 (Grenville Manor) 25.10.51 - II * House. C16, reputedly built in 1569. Timber framed with front and right hand gable elevation clad in C18 coursed rubblestone with brick dressings. Old tile roof. 2 wide bays, 2 storeys with attic and of central lobby entry type. Central doorway in porch composed of reused earlier timbers and carved woodwork. Flanked by single light windows with C15 tracery, probably from the rood screen of the parish church.4-light left hand casement, 3-light to right. Upper floor with 3-light oriel to left, C19 or early C20, 2-light centre window with modern datestone over in gable, 3-light right casement, these two C18 with original leading. Right hand gable with Y-tracery window. Centre stack of old thin bricks with oversailing courses. Timber framing exposed to left flank and rear elevations. 2-storey rear range in stone, brick dressed, old tile roof. Interior. Chamfered and stopped spine beams, cambered and chamfered ground floor fireplace beams. 1st floor left hand room has fireplace with moulded 4-centred arch and jambs. Straight purlin braces. Much reused older material inside, including on staircase. The former house of Walter Rose, author of the 'The Village Carpenter'. RCHM I 180. MON.4. Listing NGR: SP7428008045 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 43112 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.