Listed Building record MDO14522 - Manor House, Trent

Manor House with a late medieval core, very much altered and extended in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Datestone 1706 FW on south east gable.

MANOR HOUSE: The house is of two storeys, with rubble walls and tiled roofs. The present Dining Room, Brew House, and Inner Hall probably represent Hall and side wings of a late Md. house, altered in the first half on the 17thc. The house belonged to the WYNDHAM family, and here CHARLES II was concealed for some time after the battle of WORCESTER.
The long wing to the N E was added in 1706, and there have been extensive modern alterations, but the house retains some 15thc. windows etc and much 17thc. work.
[Some information similar to the above, but mainly an account of CHARLES II's association with the house.]
[Additional references] <1, 2, 3 and 5>

At ST58941863 is the portion of the Manor House now occupied by the Estate Manager. It bears no external trace of antiquity and has been considerably restored.

At ST58961863 is the portion of the house now awaiting reconstruction as a habitation. Demolition has ceased and the standing remains present a derelict appearance. Date stones in the NE wing and above the SE porch confirm the dates of 1706 and 1912 as in T2 + T3. In the SW face is a small two light 16thc window which marks the priest's hole. Weathered decorative gargoyles are visible on the SE front of the house. There are now no recognisable 15th c windows as stated in T2. <6>

During 1954 the Manor House was partially demolished and converted into two individual residences. There is little of original antiquity to see as major restoration was carried out in 1912. The dining room has original beams and some 17thC windows. The NE wing is early 18thc. The 'priest hole' - with original doors and windows is of the 16th c. The brew house and inner hall are both destroyed. The property is now being sold. <6.1>

Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF060081 MANOR HOUSE, TRENT (Index). SDO14738.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 196053 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Watts, W M, Oral: W M Watts Esq 6.7.55 Estate Manager (Verbal communication). SDO18532.

<1> Heath, S, and Prideaux, W, 1907, Some Dorset Manor Houses (Monograph). SDO17596.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1913, Proceedings of The Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, xxxvi (Serial). SDO17781.

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1929, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1928, 21-22 (Serial). SDO32.

<4> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, PROV. 1927-38 (Map). SWX1540.

[ST58951864] MANOR HOUSE [G.T.]

<5> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 256 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(3) THE MANOR HOUSE, 100 yards N. of the church, is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are tiled. The present Dining Room with the Brew House and Inner Hall probably represent the Hall and side-wings of a late mediæval house. In the first half of the 17th century this building was altered and an upper floor was inserted in the hall. The house belonged to the Wyndham family and here King Charles II was concealed for some time after the battle of Worcester. About 1706 the long wing was added to the N.E. of the old house. The modern alterations are very extensive and include the main block of the house to the N.W., and extension of the original S.W. wing and a large porch. The S.E. front of the main block has two ranges of 17th-century mullioned and transomed windows; in the wall are two reset 15th-century corbels carved with figures. In the end wall of the modern extension of the S.W. wing is a reset 15th-century window of two transomed lights with a label and head-stops; in the N.E. side-wall of the same extension is a reset 15th-century doorway with moulded jambs and two-centred arch in a square head with blank shields in the trefoiled spandrels; in the opposite wall is a doorway with a two-centred head partly of old materials. In the re-entrant angle at the N.W. end of the same wing is a partly restored window in the angle with a 17th-century corner-post and a moulded stone label; above it, in the S.W. wall, is a window of two trefoiled lights in a square head. The N.E. wing has, in the end wall, two two-light windows with cornices and a panel with the initials and date F.W. 1706; the N.E. face of the wing has two ranges of two-light windows, the lower ones with cornices; the doorways have square heads and cornices. Inside the building the Dining Room has heavy ceiling-beams; the Brewhouse has an original fireplace with moulded jambs and lintel. The bedroom over the N. part of the Dining Room retains the original roof-trusses of the former Hall; they are of collar-beam type but the curved wind-braces are modern; the adjoining bed-room is lined with early 17th-century panelling with an enriched frieze. The room over the brewhouse has an old fireplace with a square head; adjoining it on the N.W. is a small closet entered by an original doorway with oak frame and two-centre head; part of the floor is hinged to provide access to a hiding-hole with a second floor about three feet lower; this is the reputed hiding-place of Charles II.’

<6> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 06-JUL-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

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