Heritage Assessment

HERITAGE ASSESSMENT In respect of: MANOR HOUSE, 6 OXFORD STREET, MALMESBURY, SN16 9AX On behalf of: Ms Liza Gozzer September 2015 ELAINE MILTON HERITAGE & PLANNING t: 07979 942042 e: [email protected] w: www.emhp.co.uk Heritage Assessment – Manor House, Malmesbury CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................3 2.0 HERITAGE DESIGNATIONS .....................................................................4 3.0 DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................5 4.0 HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF MANOR HOUSE .................................28 5.0 DISCUSSION ...........................................................................................35 6.0 ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE .........................................................37 7.0 CONCLUSION ...........................................................................................38 SOURCES USED FOR THE REPORT ........................................................39 Appendix 1: Phasing plan LIST OF FIGURES Fig.1: Front elevation of Manor House Fig.2: Line of original roof on east gable Fig.3: Rear of Manor House Fig.4: Former wide opening at the ground floor of the rear outshut Fig.5: Transom and mullion window on the first floor of the rear outshut Fig.6: Two-storey rear kitchen range Fig.7: Single-storey ancillary building attached to the rear kitchen range Fig.8: Outbuildings attached to the east of Manor House Fig.9: East gable of single-storey rubble stone outbuilding Fig.10: Rear single-storey stone outbuilding Fig.11: Rear two-storey brick outbuilding Fig.12: Eastern end of frontage Fig.13: Eastern end of frontage – rear elevation Fig.14: Collapsed roof of the north-eastern ancillary building Fig.15: Eastern shop on the ground floor Fig.16: Former wide opening on the rear wall of the ground floor Fig.17: Staircase at ground floor level Fig.18: Newel cap and pointed pendants 1 Heritage Assessment – Manor House, Malmesbury Fig.19: Small area of wide elm boards at the foot of the stair on the ground floor Fig.20: Partitions within cellar Fig.21: Door between stair tower and 19th century brick kitchen range Fig.22: Salts appearing on the flagstone floor of the 19th century rear ‘kitchen’ Fig.23: Arched range opening on the north wall of the 19th century ‘kitchen’ Fig.24: Larder off the south of the 19th century ‘kitchen’ Fig.25: Fireplace in the west bedroom on the first floor Fig.26: Fireplace within the east bedroom on the first floor Fig.27: Modern fireplace within rear bedroom on the first floor with earlier fireplace behind Fig.28: Two-panel door to rear bedroom on the first floor Fig.29: Water ingress at roof over west landing on first floor Fig.30: Modern fabric enclosing stairs at first floor level Fig.31: Warped floor within east bedroom on second floor Fig.32: Black marble fireplace within the western bedroom on the second floor Fig.33: Studwork around staircase on second floor Fig.34: Truss looking west from within easternmost room within the attic Fig.35: Later shallower roof on top of earlier one Fig.36: Modern rafters within attic Fig.37: Eastern stone stack reduced below the ridge Fig.38: Bead-and-butt boarding within attic Fig.39: 1648 panoramic drawing of Malmesbury Fig.40: Early 20th century photograph showing the central door and shop windows Fig.41: Photograph of Oxford Street from June 1964 Fig.42: Same view as Fig.40 in April 2015 Fig.43: View looking west along Oxford Street in 1965 Fig.44: Part of rear of Manor House (north west corner) in 1964 Fig.45: Rear of Manor House (six-light window) in 1965 Fig.46: Ground floor layout as approved in 1988 Fig.47: Extract from the planning case officer’s report in 1988 COPYRIGHT: The contents of this statement must not be copied or replicated in part or in whole without the express written consent of Elaine Milton Heritage & Planning 2 Heritage Assessment – Manor House, Malmesbury 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Malmesbury is a market town within north Wiltshire, approximately 10 miles north of Chippenham and around 6 miles north of the M4. Manor House is located on the north side of Oxford Street, which is a major east-west thoroughfare lying to the south of the Malmesbury Abbey precinct and to the east of the Market Cross. 1.2 This report identifies the heritage significance of Manor House in order to inform proposals for its alteration and future management. The assessment fulfils the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF, March 2012) and the council’s local validation checklist, which need to be met when putting forward proposals affecting heritage assets to the local planning authority. It was produced using the guidance contained within the Historic England document entitled Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance (2008). 1.3 The report was commissioned by Ms Liza Gozzer and has been prepared by Elaine Milton BSc (Hons) MSc DipArchCons MRTPI IHBC. A site visit was made on 23 September 2015. 1.4 Information on the historical development of the site has been drawn from a number of documents. A list of sources used in the preparation of the report is presented on p39. 3 Heritage Assessment – Manor House, Malmesbury 2.0 Heritage Designations 2.1 Manor House was added to the statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest as Number 6 and attached outbuildings, 6, Oxford Street at Grade II* on 19 January 1949. It is therefore deemed by Historic England to be a heritage asset of more than special interest. The listing description reads as follows: ‘Also known as: Manor House OXFORD STREET. House and ancillary buildings, now with shop. Early C17, C18 ancillary buildings, refronted c1861, mid C20 shop front. MATERIALS: limestone ashlar with ashlar gable stacks, limestone rubble outbuildings, and stone slate roof. PLAN: single-depth plan with central rear stair tower and C19 W kitchen range. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attic and cellar; 3-window range. A symmetrical front has plinth, cornice, gableted kneelers, roll-top gable coping and ashlar gable stacks; a late C19 central plate-glass shop front, horned 2/2-pane sashes and 3 double casement dormers with cambered heads; gable ends show line of earlier roof. Rear elevation irregular with paired gables, the left-hand one timber-framed and rendered, with a lower central gabled stair turret, and 2-storey outshut to the left. Former entrance has a wide timber lintel, now bricked up, beneath a fine first-floor oak-framed 6-light mullion and transom window with stay bars, fittings and leaded metal casements. Stair turret has 3/3-pane and attic 2/2- pane sashes, and small attic gable lights. Brick 2-storey kitchen range with a doorway beside the main house. INTERIOR: details include an exceptionally elaborate and fine Jacobean full-height open-well newel-framed stair, with uncut string, square, channelled newels with pointed pendants and moulded caps, grip moulded rail and moulded splat balusters with primitive volutes top and bottom, skewed parallel to the rail; original collar truss roof with shallower pitch added to the front and plastered central bay; chamfered beams, 2-panel doors. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached ancillary buildings to the E including gabled former stables fronting the street with hoist door and C20 garage doors in the end gable, overhanging rendered gable facing street, and a possible former brewhouse to the back with a brick gable stack.’ 2.2 Manor House is noted in the listing description for its group value. Also listed are the adjacent 4 Oxford Street (Grade II) and 1 and 3 Market Cross (Grade II). 2.3 Manor House lies within the Malmesbury Conservation Area, which was first designated by the local authority in May 1971 and whose boundary was reviewed in November 1987 and March 2006. The conservation area is focused upon the historic core of the town, and also covers the remains of the medieval town walls and the surrounding Avon valley. 4 3.0 Description 3.1 Manor House is a three-storey plus attic and cellar house set back-of-pavement on the north side of Oxford Street. Attached to the east and to the rear are ancillary buildings. 3.2 The house is constructed in limestone rubble with a limestone ashlar frontage. The roof is gabled and is covered with stone slates. There are ashlar stone gable stacks at either end. The front elevation is symmetrical and has a mid-20th century shopfront at ground floor (boarded over) and three-window groups of late 19th century single- glazed sashes with horns and central glazing bars. There are three cambered dormers at attic level with double multi-paned timber casements. Fig.1 Front elevation of Manor House 3.3 The side gables show the line of an earlier more steeply pitched roof. 5 Heritage Assessment – Manor House, Malmesbury Fig.2 Line of original roof on east gable 3.4 The rear elevation of Manor House has three full-height gables, the left one being timber-framed and rendered, the central one being of stone and containing the stair, and the right one being of stone and with a shallow projection from the rear wall. Fig.3 Rear of Manor House 3.5 To the left of the stair tower is a two-storey outshut. At ground floor level there is a former wide opening (referred to in the listing as the ‘former entrance’) that is partly blocked with brick and contains a late 19th century sash window matching the ones on the front. 6 Heritage Assessment – Manor House, Malmesbury Fig.4 Former wide opening at the ground floor of the rear outshut 3.6 The first floor of the outshut contains an oak six-light transom and mullion window with wrought iron horizontal stay bars and a metal casement (third from left). A number of the leaded lights have been replaced. One of the turnbuckle catches on the metal casement survives.

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