Salwarpe Court

Heritage listing

Details SO 86 SE SALWARPE CP SALWARPE 4/235 Salwarpe Court 29.12.52 GV II* Manor house, now house. c1580 rebuilding of earlier structure with mid-C19 alterations. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill, brick replacement walling and additions, plain tiled roofs, hipped at east end. Medieval plan; main range on west/east axis with hall of two framed bays, through-passage bay and two service bays at east end and solar cross-wing of two framed bays, possibly reduced from three bays, at west end; upper bay of hall has a south single bay extension which lies flush with the pro- jecting cross-wing gable end, and the through-passage bay has a gabled porch wing; large external brick chimney with tiled offsets and star-shaped shafts at east gable end; other chimneys to main ridge and rear have similar shafts but they are C19. Two storeys. Framing: two rows of close-set vertical studding to each storey; cross-wing and hall wing gable ends have collar- and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts; the first floor of the cross-wing and the hall wing are jettied on curved brackets to the south elevation; the first floor of the porch wing is also jettied with a moulded bressummer carried on moulded brackets and the uppermost row of panels project still further on a coved jetty. South front elevation: windows are all C19; hall and upper service bay have 4- and 5-light wood mullioned windows with transoms, one to each bay on both floors; porch has a wide plank and battened door flanked by moulded timber posts, a 4-light mullion and transom window on the first floor and enriched bargeboards; lower service bay has two cross-casements on each floor; cross-wing gable end has a 4-light ground floor casement and a 6-light first floor casement and a door to the lower right side. Inter

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.