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Traditional English house in the snow, with ornate iron gate: Tilly Manor, West Harptree
Tilley Manor Farmhouse II Farmhouse. Dated 1659 on interior overmantel originally of 3 storeys with at least one wing now demolished. Squared and coursed sandstone with freestone dressings and quoins, slate roofs. Artisan Mannerist style. 2-storey, 5-bay south front. All windows are 2-light mullions with shouldered and eared moulded architraves, those to ground floor with upswept broken swan neck pediments rising to segmental caps. Cartouches in each pediment with armorial shields. 2 pane casements throughout. Central doorway with shouldered and eared architrave to doorway enclosed by pilaster strips with Ionic capitals set just above bases and pulvinated frieze with projecting cornice. Compartmented studded plank and batten door with 4 rectangular lights and panelled reveals. Above this a blocked opening with similar architrave and inset coat of arms. Moulded plinth course, triple span roof with centre brick stacks. Interior. 1659 strapwork overmantel to ground floor right hand room, also griffin and arabesque cornice frieze. Oak staircase with strapwork balustrade, pendants and ball finials. Panelling to 1st floor right hand room.
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Location: Tilley Manor Farmhouse, West Harptree, Somerset, UK
Photo credit: © Élan Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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