Norrington Manor
| Norrington Manor | |
|---|---|
 Norrington Manor House, with farm buildings to right | |
  Location within Wiltshire | |
| General information | |
| Location | Wiltshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°00′49″N 2°02′59″W / 51.0136°N 2.0497°W |
| Completed | Late 14c |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Gawen |
| Designations | Grade I listed building |
Norrington Manor is a medieval manor house at Alvediston, about 11 miles (18 km) west-southwest of Salisbury, in the southern English county of Wiltshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
Description[edit]
Pevsner describes the house as "a lucky survival".[1] Some features house date from the late 14th century, others from the 15th, 16th, 17th and 19th centuries. The principal walls are of dressed limestone under a tiled roof with ashlar chimneys. There is a 14th-century three-bay hall (with a later roof) and a cross passage with flanking 17th-century cross wings, and a 16th-century range at the front. A 15th-century porch to the right of the main front has a pointed archway. There is a 14th-century undercroft and a 17th-century solar at the west end of the hall. Inside the hall is a Tudor-arched stone chimneypiece. In the east wing is a 17th-century newel staircase with turned balusters.[2]
The house was designated as Grade I listed in 1966.[2]
Owners[edit]
The present house has its origins in a manor house probably built by John Gawen, a prominent local politician and magistrate, who acquired the property in 1377.[1]
In 1658 the manor was acquired for his seat by Sir Wadham Wyndham (1609–1668), a judge of the King's Bench, 9th son of Sir John Wyndham (1558–1645) of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset.[3] The Wyndham family made alterations to the house in the 17th century.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 357–358. ISBN 0-14-0710-26-4.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Norrington Manor with wall and gate piers (1318666)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1937, p.2511, pedigree of Wyndham