Manor Farmhouse and Easthorpe Manor
English Heritage List Entry Number: 1180318
Heritage Category: Listing Grade: II
Location: MANOR FARMHOUSE AND EASTHORPE MANOR, MANOR ROAD, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire
Farmhouse, now 2 houses. South range of C17 origins, altered C18 and C20. Colourwashed ironstone and brick. North block c. 1820. Brick. Pantiled roofs. South range of 2 storeys. Ground floor lit through tripartite sashes with glazing bars. First floor has late C18 casements. East block projects slightly to south with door in re-entrant angle. Brick dentil eaves cornice. Gabled roof with tall ridge stack set left of centre. Interior with chamfered C18 bridging beams, evidence of blocked C17 windows and 2 C17 4-centred chimney-pieces. One of these remains blocked in, the other exposed and moved. Roof structure of ties, principals, butt purlins and collars. North block abuts to centre of south range and is an addition of one build. 2 storeys in 3 bays. Platband between storeys. Gabled gault brick porch of 1840s is flanked by one late C19 sash each side. 3 similar sashes to first floor. Dentil eaves cornice below gabled roof. Internal gable-end stacks and ridge stack right of centre.
SK 81010 38633
Note that the site is within the Scheduled area of Easthorpe shifted medieval village – see BOT/047/002
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