Tidwell Manor

Heritage listing

Details EAST BUDLEIGH SY 08 SE 6/54 Tidwell Manor - 11.11.52 GV II* Large house. Medieval manor but house completely rebuilt probably on new site in 1725 according to dated rainwater heads, late C19 service outshots to rear. Flemish bond brick; brick stacks with original chimney shafts and C19 chimney pots; slate roof. Tall double depth plan house with parallel roofs facing south-east. At the front there is a large central entrance hall flanked by rooms either side. Behind the entrance hall there is a large central stairwell but even so the rear end rooms are larger than the front ones. Front and back rooms have end stacks and the entrance lobby has an axial stack each end, that on the left end serves fireplaces on the upper floors. The right rear room was the kitchen and there is a service corridor and stair between it and the front room. C19 service outshots to rear. Main block is 3 storeys and there is a basement under. Symmetrical 1:3:1 window front comprising C19 12-pane sashes to ground and first floors and contemporary 9-pane (3/6) sashes to the second floor. All the windows have flat skewback arches of gauged rubbed brick over and most still have moulded limestone sills. Large central doorway on top of flight of limestone steps. The doorframe and overlight are original; solid timber with a broad bead-moulded surround and probably applied architrave. The overlight has glazing bars. The part-glazed door and flat hood on shaped brackets are C19. The central 3-window section is broken forward very slightly. The corners of this and the end corners have brick imitation quoins and there is a plat band at eaves level, and, above this, a parapet with limestone coping. The parallel roofs have hipped ends and the chimney shafts have stringcourses a short distance below the

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.