Seechem Manor

Heritage listing

Details SP 07 SE ALVECHURCH 7/4 Seechem II The entry shall be amended to read: SP 07 SE ALVECHURCH - 1655-0/7/4 Seechem Manor 16/07/86 - II* House. Late C15 [dendro-dated 1474]; extended and remodelled circa late C16 [cross-wing dendro-dated 1595]; remodelled again circa early to mid C17, C18 and circa 1840. Timber-framed, partly stuccoed and partly rebuilt in brick. Clay plain tile roofs with gabled ends, parlour wing with deep verges with ornate pierced bargeboards. Brick lateral and axial stacks with diagonally-set shafts. PLAN: T-shaped plan..2-bay open hall, the low end cross-wing demolished, the solar cross-wing replaced by parlour cross-wing in circa late C16, when a floor and stack were inserted into the open hall. The parlour cross-wing, originally of five bays at least [now reduced to four bays], was remodelled in early to mid C17. Timber-frame partly replaced in brick in C18 and parlour cross-wing refashioned in circa 1840. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. N.E. front: four framed bays with exposed timber-framing, close-studded on ground floor, square-framing above with tension-braces and 5-light moulded mullion window under eaves to right, ground floor window below and first floor window to left blocked, small 2-light casement to ground floor on left; to left of centre stuccoed projecting gabled bay with ornate openwork bargeboards, deeply chamfered window openings, small single-light attic window and 4-light mullion-transom first floor window with hoodmould, below which is porch with gabled parapet, diagonal buttresses with set-offs, chamfered pointed arch with hoodmould and lancets to sides. The right-hand [N.W.] gable end has similar bargeboards and close-studding in the gable, 4-light mullion-transom first floor window with hoodmould and canted bay window o

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.