Kingswood Manor House, Rowington

Description of this historic site

A timber framed house which may have been rebuilt in the late 1500s although one of the ceilings in a downstairs room dates to the early 1500s. It is situated at Kingswood.

Notes about this historic site

1 A timber frame and brick house raised on a high brick footing. The property once formed part of the Baddesley Clinton estate and was probably altered considerably in the 17th century by Edward Ferrers who died here in 1633. The double gables may have been added at that time. There is a central chimney stack and two rooms have stone mantels. The dining room has early 16th century moulded ceiling beams which divide the ceiling into twelve compartments. It is marked as building No. 32 on the 1550 – 1650 map in this book.
2 Henry Ferrers, who purchased Kingswood Manor in 1596, probably rebuilt the house, but the moulded ceiling-beams in the north angle room of the ground floor are of early rather than late 16th century date and have masons joints where they intersect. The house is built of square framing with a pair of gables in the front: the foundations and infilling are of brick.

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