Plymtree Manor

Heritage listing

Details PLYMTREE ST 00 SE 3/131 Plymtree Manor (previously listed as Hayne House) 22.2.55 GV II* Former manor house. Early C18, partly rebuilt and enlarged in the late C19 renovated in 1987. The front part is hand-made local red brick laid to Flemish bond with Beerstone ashlar detail (some replaced with Caen stone), the rear is late C19 Flemish bond brick including some decorative burnt headers; brick stacks and chimneyshafts, the old ones with stone ashlar coping; slate roof. Plan: large double depth plan house facing east. The principal rooms are those 3 at the front. The end rooms have end stacks and the larger central room, the entrance hall, has 2 fireplaces from axial stacks each end. Kitchen, services and main stair in the rear section. Here too are end stacks and an axial stack. A lower L-plan service wing is attached to the left (south) end and it has faces to rear. In fact only the front part of the main block is original. There is a brick axial wall between the front and back rooms which includes some blocked rear windows. It is not clear where the original stairs, kitchen and services were situated. The front faces onto a raised terrace. It is 2 storeys with attics and a cellar. The rear is 2 storeys with a basement, the service wing is 2 storeys, its ground floor at basement level. Exterior: good early C18 front has a symmetrical 2:3:2-window front of early C18 18-pane sashes with ellipitcal arch heads to the top sashes and flat glazing bars (some are replacements from 1987). Central doorway contains C19 double doors but the doorframe and overlight is probably early C18. The stone doorcase includes Corinthian pilasters and the moulded entablature includes a carved coat of arms, probably that of the Harwood family. The front is divided into 3 bays by stone a

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.