Winson Manor

Heritage listing

Details WINSON THE GREEN SP 0808-0908 (west side) 9/255 Winson Manor (previously listed as Manor House) 23.1.52 GV II* Country house. c1740 for Richard Howse, Surgeon-General to the Army; c1800 internal alterations. Ashlar limestone; coursed rubble to sides and rear; rendered chimneys; stone slate roof. Classical. Three-storey with cellars; compact rectangular plan with central stair hall. East front: fine facade with fenestration 1:3:1, central break forward with pediment containing keyed oeil de boeuf in tympanum. Sash fenestration, 12-pane to ground and middle floors, with Gibbs surrounds to ground floor; moulded architraves to middle floor, central sash with keyed shaped architrave; 6-pane upper floor sashes with moulded architraves, shaped at centre, all to lower floors with bracketed sills. Central doorway with Gibbs surround having flat cornice; 6-panel fielded door having Gothic glazing bars to light over. Alternating chamfered quoins; plain plinth and floor level bands; modillion cornice with plain parapet. South side: 2-window fenestration as to front but with plain architraves. Modillion cornice and bands continued from front. Small doorway to left of fenestration has flat timber porch hood on brackets and 6-panel door; flight of stone steps. Recent slate inscription above doorway by Bryant Fedden: 'FORTVNATVS ET ILLE DEOS QVI NOVIT AGRESTIS / PANAQVE SILVANVMQVE SENEM NYMPHASQVE SORORES'. Double hipped roof visible from this side. North side: banding but no parapet cornice. Irregularly placed fenestration includes 18-pane upper floor sash and recessed chamfered mullioned casement to ground floor with timber plaque above: 'DAIRY'. Rear: banded with scattered fenestration, some sashes, some 2-light casements, one to upper floor with plaque 'CHEESE ROOM' below.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.