Pickwick Manor

Heritage listing

Details CORSHAM PICKWICK ST 86 70 (south side) 4/314 Pickwick Manor 20.12.60 GV II* House, C14 to C15 origins, mostly rebuilt c1664 for W. Wastfield Sr with additions 1711 for W. Wastfield Jr, restored and altered 1920 by Sir H. Brakspear for himself. Rubble stone with stone tiled roofs and C19 plain tiles to front roof slope, moulded copings to end gables of main range, west end and two rear wall stacks. Two and a half storeys. Main front c1664, has 4 coped gables, 2-light attic windows with hoodmoulds, 7 first floor mullion-and-transom 2- light windows, dripcourse over ground floor with 2 original mullion-and-transom windows to right, door and three C18 twelve- pane sashes to left in bead-moulded flush surrounds. Moulded plinth. Six-panel door in large early C18 bolection-moulded frame with panelled piers each side under scrolled brackets to large shell hood. East end wall has 2 dripcourses, similar attic window, 2 similar first floor windows, one blank and ground floor 12-pane sash with timber lintel to right over blocked opening. West end has lower wing, possibly part of C15 house, raised and altered 1920. North-west wing, enclosing forecourt, is possibly C14 to C15 domestic range, the north end converted to barn in C17. South end is 2-storey with north end stack on ridge. East side first floor 2-light ovolo-moulded window and heavy chamfered 2-light medieval window much restored. Ground floor door and medieval 4-light timber mullion window, chamfered mullions. Barn beyond has similar 4-light window, mullions chamfered with broach stops at half length, and 2 blocked openings, all with timber lintels. Heavy cornerstones at north end, upper 2-light ovolo-moulded window with hoodmould. West side of barn has dormer gable and 3 doors. Heavy floor beams with run-out stops

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.