Type A. House of two main builds first 16th century stone house with at least one stone fireplace. Large timber frame wing attached in early 17th century along with a very fine ornate timber framed porch; Timber framed, close studding Box framed, jetty. Decorated doorheads. Stone fireplace hour-glass stop. Roll moulded beams, Framed ceiling.
[Additional:] A complex house of unit-system type which tree-ring dating has established is earlier than suspected. The close-studded wing and ornate storeyed porch were built from timber felled in 1542/3 and added to a stone-built hall with trusses felled in 1471/2 (Vernacular Architecture 29 [1998], p. 129. RCAHMW survey and photographs in 1997/99. (2002.03.25/RCAHMW/RFS)
Resources
DownloadTypeSourceDescriptiontext/plainDSC - RCAHMW Digital Survey CollectionArchive coversheet from an RCAHMW digital survey of Old Impton Manor, Norton, carried out by Susan Fielding, 30/07/2008.application/pdfRCAHMW ExhibitionsBilingual exhibition panel entitled Rhai Manylion Pensaerniol. Some Architectural Detail, produced by RCAHMW for the Royal Welsh Show, 2005.
