Listed Building record MDR10908 - Manor Farm Farmhouse, Church Street, Coton In The Elms

Manor Farm farmhouse, Church Street, Coton In The Elms, a late 18th century building. 'Manor Farm must be one of the finest and best-built farmhouses of its size, age and class in the district. It seems to have two main phases of construction. The front part and the right hand gabled projection at the rear are part of the original house, T-shaped on plan, perhaps of c1780. The left hand rear gable and the single storey leanto across the back of the house are an addition, apparently all built at once, of perhaps c1810-1820, replacing the earlier service wing. The farm was sold off by the Catton Estate in 1930, and after it had stood empty was bought in 1984 and sensitively restored.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 21 NW PARISH OF COTON-ON-THE-ELMS CHURCH STREET 2/11 (West Side) 31.5.84 Manor Farmhouse GV II Farmhouse. Mid C18 with early C19 addition. Red brick with gauged brick dressings and first floor plain band. Blue plain tile roof with red tile design and moulded stone coped gables on moulded kneelers, plus brick gable stacks and dentilled eaves band. Two storeys plus garrets and three bays. Central doorcase has bracketed timber hood, raised and fielded six panelled door and divided overlight. To either side there are glazing bar sashes below flat brick arches and above there are three similar windows. Gable walls have small segment headed garret windows and rear addition has wide segment headed casement windows to south elevation. Interior has open well staircase through two floors with moulded ramped handrail, three knopped, column on vase, balusters to each tread, column newel posts and scrolled cheek pieces. It also has one C18 fireplace, panelled C18 doors and original double purlin roof trusses. Listing NGR: SK2450615054.' (2)