Marche Manor

Heritage listing

Details SJ 31 SW WESTBURY C.P. MARCHE LANE (South-west side) 4/107 29.1.52 Marche Manor GV II* Farmhouse. Late C16 with additions of c. 1604 and of the late C17; restored for F.W. Wateridge c. 1898. Timber framed with plastered infill panels on coursed sandstone rubble and red brick plinth; plain tile roof. Hall range of 2 framed bays, projecting gabled cross-wing to left of 3 framed bays and later gabled wing at rear to right. 2 storeys and attic. Framing: closely-spaced studs with middle rail; cross-wing with long straight tension braces, first floor jettied on all sides with moulded bresummer, and jettied gable end with moulded bresummer, carved brackets, curved-sided lozenge panels, and late C19 finial dated 1604; right-hand end of hall range with first-floor parallel diagonal braces forming lozenge patterns, and gable end with jettied first floor. Large external brick end stack to left with 2 star-shaped shafts and pitched-roofed link to attic, and lateral brick stack at rear with 3 star-shaped shafts. 3-window front; late C19 wooden mullioned and transomed diamond-leaded casements; first-floor window to right and first-floor window in gable end with moulded cills, possibly the remains of former oriel windows; late C19 nail-studded boarded door between first and second windows from right with strap hinges and 3-part rectangular overlight. Lean-to additions at rear. Interior: hall with chamfered beams, carved scrolled brackets, moulded cornice, fluted post as pilaster to north with carved scrolled bracket; inglenook fireplace altered in the late C19 but incorporating C17 carved panels and other work; dining room with ogee-stopped chamfered beams, and open fireplace with store reveals and overmantel with some C17 work and painted rural scene (probably formerly part o

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.