Rodden Manor

Heritage listing

Details ST74NE SELWOOD CP RODDEN 7/451 Rodden Manor 11.3.68 II* Manor house. Late C16 truncated centre block with ridge at right angles to frontage, mid C17 wing to each side. Coursed and squared rubble, stone tiled roof; facade under 5 gables, that to centre timber framed with plaster infilling and jettied, corresponding first floor in a similar style, moulded sill beam, 2 ornamental soffit brackets; smaller dormer gables to each side with copings, 4 restored brick stacks. Two storeys and attics, 6 bays, predominantly 2, and 4-light ogee-moulded stone-mullioned windows, those to right 2 bays with dripmoulds and relieving arches; window openings to right 2 gables blank, none to left 2 gables; 3, 4 and 5-light ovolo moulded wooden mullioned windows to attic, first, and ground floors of centre bay respectively, moulded sills on wooden brackets except on ground floor. Door opening between third and fourth bays in a moulded 4-centred stone surround, stopped label over, studded plank door, further door opening between first and second bays, plank door. Interior with many exposed ceiling beams, some plaster friezes to right ground floor room; this room also has a fireplace in a moulded 4-centred stone surround, moulded cornice shelf, ornamental plaster overmantel with the arms of the Horner family. The building was used as almshouses in the C18 and C19, at which time an addition was made to the left side. (VAG report, unpublished SRO, June 1980). Listing NGR: ST7961147573 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 267398 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.