Rake Court Rake Manor

Heritage listing

Details SU 94SE WITLEY C.P. STATION LANE Milford 4/300 Rake Manor and 9/3/60 Rake Court (Formerly listed as Rake Manor) GV II House, much extended and divided. 1602 for Henry Bell, Clerk Controller of the Household to James I, extended by R. Neville in 1880, by E. Lutyens in 1897 and Baillie Scott in 1910 and 1925. Original portion timber framed on galleted sandstone plinth, close stud on ground floor with rendered infill, herringbone brick infill above under plain tiled roofs. Sandstone and brick extensions to right, tile hung. Original L-shaped range to left with extensions to centre and right. Two storeys with stacks to rear left of centre and front right at junction with tile hung gabled wing, some diagonal stacks to right. Entrance front:- Gabled bay to left end with one leaded,diamond pane window on each floor. Small gabled stair turret in re-entrant with wing to left. Further casement fenestration across centre and right. Door to right in recessed court between main body of house and gabled cross wing to right end. Part glazed door to centre. Left hand return front:- square bay rising 'through two storeys to left, angle bay to right. Rear:- projecting gabled end wings with tile hung gables, some in patterned bands. Tall stacks to right, pentice across ground floor centre and left. Gabled window to left of centre, door to centre under timber gable. PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.367 V.C.H. Vol. III (1967) pp.61-69. Listing NGR: SU9518141180 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 439867 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.