Nutcombe Manor

Heritage listing

Details ST 02 SW 7/80 5.4.66 CLAYHANGER Nutcombe Manor (formerly listed as Nutwell Manor) GV II* Manor house. Late C16/early C17 with some late C17/early C18 refurbishment and modifications of the 1950s. Dressed stone, brought to course with Ham Hill dressings; 1986 slate roof to main range, gabled at ends, rear left wing slate roof, half-hipped at left end, tiled roof to left end lean-to; rendered rear lateral stack to main range, right end stack with brick shaft, corner stack to rear left wing. Plan: Incomplete. The present arrangement is a single depth main range, 2 rooms wide with a rear centre stair wing, a rear left wing with a roof parallel to the main range, a rear right former dairy under a lean-to roof and a single-storey lean-to at the left end of the main range. 2 fine principal rooms to the front and a fine first floor chamber to front left, present entrance into left end lean-to. An early C18 painting of the house in the possession of the owner shows that the building formerly extended further to the left under a lower roofline, presumably the service wing, and illustrates a 2-storey porch on the front. Exterior: 2 storeys. Handsome 3-bay front with Ham Hill ovolo-moulded mullioned 4- light windows, with rounded relieving arches, the ground floor windows transomed with hoodmoulds and label stops, all glazed with square leaded panes. There is a straight joint between the main block and left end lean-to; late C16/early C17 plank and stud front door with strap hinges into lean-to it a later doorframe. The rear elevation has a 2-light timber moulded mullioned first floor window to the left of the stair wing which has a first floor 3-light mullioned window; a 2-light circa early C18 window with square leaded panes lighting the landing below and a 2-light timber

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.