Wonson Manor

Heritage listing

Details THROWLEIGH WONSON SX 68 NE 3/253 Wonson Manor 22.2.67 GV II* Farmhouse, former manor house. Mid-late C17, parts may be earlier. Granite stone rubble with dressed granite quoins; granite stacks with C19 brick tops; slate roof (probably thatch originally). Plan: Tall L-shaped building. Since no internal inspection was possible at the time of this survey a definitive plan cannot be described, nor is it possible to ascertain whether the building contains any work earlier than the Cl7. Nevertheless it seems that the south-east facing main main block has a 4-room plan with 2 axial stacks and there is a 2-room plan wing projecting forwards at right angles from the right (north-eastern) end and it has a gable end stack. -In the angle of the 2 wings there is a turret which contains the entrance. On the end of the front wing there is a 2-storey outshot which may be Cl? or C18. The house is 3 storeys. Exterior: Irregular 3-window front to the main block. The ground floor includes a C19 tripartite sash containing a central 12-pane sash. First floor right are 2 large late Cl7 oak mullion-and-transom windows containing rectangular panes of leaded glass. A window alongside to left has been enlarged to a doorway containing a C20 door which is gained by an external stone stair. The other windows are C20 casements with glazing bars. The front of the turret has a mid or late C19 6-panel door and contemporary flat-roofed timber porch with moulded entablature and octagonal section posts. The sides are infilled with trelliswork. The window above and those on the inner side of the front block are C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars. There are no second floor windows on these sides. The front of the main block has a flat plaster eaves cornice with a shallow soffit moulding. The mai

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.