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Designations

• Listed Building (II*) 1368808: MANOR HOUSE

Monument Type(s):

• MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1315 AD? to 1800 AD)
• HEARTH (Medieval - 1367 AD to 1400 AD)
• WALL (Medieval - 1367 AD to 1400 AD)

Summary

Probably late C14 with C16 and C18 alterations. Subrectangular moat around manor house with E, W and NE sides visible. This NE side seems to extend past the circular moat around the siege castle.

Associated Monuments

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Description

SU5688 SOUTH MORETON PAPER MILL LANE
17/144 (East side)
09/04/52 Manor House
GV II*
Manor house. Probably late C14, with C16, and C18 alterations. Cruck-framed; red brick with random grey headers to right; render on timber-framing with brick infill to centre; red brick to ground floor left; large timber-framing with angle braces to first floor left; brick infill; recent tile-hanging to cross-gable to left; old plain-tile roof; various brick stacks. Double-ended hall-house. Single storey and attic; 3-window range to centre; 2-storey, one-window cross-wing to right, double-height cross-wing to left. C20 door to left of centre with Gothic glazing bars. Two 4-light leaded casements to centre. 3 raking half-dormers to centre. 3-light wood-mullioned and transomed window of 3 rows to cross-wing to left. Double-leaf French window to left return of right cross-wing. 16-pane unhorned sash to first floor end of right cross-wing. Rear: large timber-framing to left; painted brick infill to ground floor; rendered infill to first floor; painted brick with some timber-framing. C16 wood-mullioned and transomed bay window with side lights to first floor left. Irregular fenestration of casements and raking dormers. Right return; red brick with random grey headers in Flemish bond to left; flint base to right; render to right, probably on timber-framing. 2-storey, 4-window range. Sash door to lean-to roofed porch to centre. Irregular fenestration of 16-pane unhorned sashes except tripartite sash with glazing bars to ground floor right. C20 stairs. King-post roof to left cross-wing with moulded king-post. Jointed cruck construction to centre with wind braces. Open fireplaces to most rooms. Subsidiary bay of large timber-frame to left return with queen-post roof. History: formerly Sandervilie Manor House, held by de Sanderville family from 1199 to 1891. The site is moated.
(V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.III, 1923, p.499-500).
Listing NGR: SU5623388284
2) Castle not mentioned in any of the written sources, but a map study reveals an enclosure similar in size and shape to that at Brightwell.
3) House surrounded by moat of unusual shape with remnants of earlier moat. Classified by the earthworks as a siege or counter castle constructed against Wallingford Castle during Stephen's reign; see also PRN 28708.
4) History of descent of Manor of Sanderville traced from 1066. House includes a former open hall and 2 medieval cross wings at west and east ends, each of a different phase of construction
5) Spokes photo transferred to Oxon History Centre.
6) Insufficient information to classify fishpond for MPP but moat has been scored.
8) Transferred to Oxon History Centre.
9) (former) PRN2702 had description from VCH "The site of the manor house appears in an enclosure E of the church, called 'The grounds' with greater part of its moat remaining". 'The Grounds is likely to refer to the rectory grounds which would locate the record at the position of PRN2700 (rather than SU 56 89) and therefore duplicated and combined.
10) A cobbled surface of large stones and flints contained patches of tiles and was roughly 1.95m x 1.19m. It was south of a tiled hearth that was heavily worn due to heat impact. A wall which was 3.3m x 0.37m x 0.9m was made of dense chalk pieces. These features are suggested to be contemporary with the earliest structural elements of the house.
11) Samples from the east wing of elm and oak were cross-matched and appeared to date from AD1186-1314. Further sampling revealed a reconstruction period which was dated AD1546-1630. The west wing, though sampled was unable to be dated. The hall range samples dated AD1244-1397.

It is likely that the east wing was constructed in AD1315 and reconstructed in roughly AD1631. Within the hall it is likely that construction took place in AD1398.

<1> Dept of Environment/DCMS, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, South Oxon List 105: 17/144, p.56 (Unspecified Type). SOX260.

<2> Oxford Architectural & Historical Society, Oxoniensia, Vol LVII (1992) pp.175-181 (Serial). SOX284.

<3> Oxford Architectural & Historical Society, Oxoniensia, Vol LX (1995) pp.257-270 (Serial). SOX284.

<4> Victoria County History of Berkshire, Vol 1, p.270; Vol 3 (1923) pp.499-502 (Serial). SOX6.

<5> Photographic Archive, 1, possibly of medieval door ; P S Spokes (1945) (Photograph). SOX304.

<6> MPP Documents for Oxfordshire, S Lisk, 16.6.93 (Index). SOX259.

<7> NMR Monument - Long Listing Filed in Detailed Record File, SU 58 NE 24 (Index). SOX391.

<8> English Heritage (RCHME), 1987-1989, Historic Buildings Photographic Record Card (Photograph). SOX2063.

<9> Victoria County History of Berkshire, Vol 3 (1923) p.494 (Serial). SOX6.

<10> KDK Archaeology Ltd., 2017, Archaeological Observation and Recording Report: The Manor House, Paper Mill Lane, South Moreton, Oxfordshire (Unpublished document). SOX7038.

<11> Historic England, 2019, Manor House, Paper Mill Lane, South Moreton, Oxfordshire: Tree-ring Analysis of Oak and Elm Timbers (Unpublished document). SOX7143.

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