Relhan Collection : 280 Rampton. Manor House

Relhan, Richard, 1782-1844

Relhan Collection

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>1819</p><p>In the C14 the Lisle family often lived at Rampton, in a defended house within the moated site (Giants Hill) that survives nearby, but in more peaceful times owners of the manor wanted modern comforts and moved to this site. Relhan describes the Manor House he drew as ‘ancient’ in 1819, and it still retains its original hall and cross-wing plan. The early C17 timber-framed building, encased in red brick in the early C18, was given leaded-light casement windows at two floor levels. The shaped gables of the cross wing still have two sealed attic windows; the first floor windows were enhanced by brick pediments, and the ground floor windows were tucked under the 3-course brick-band. The side stacks are different to each other, and one has diagonal shafts above the chimney stack and is smoking. There is a rear stack above the plain tiled roof of the hall range. The windows are modern hung-sash replacements, the lower ones more faithful to the originals but without shutters. The shaped gables now have rounded tops and one has more recently has been rebuilt. The entrance doorway and panelled door are C19. Relhan shows the tower of the church to N, beyond a walled garden, and there are perhaps farm buildings on S. Other farm buildings, replaced in the C19, were demolished 1971. </p><p>Bradley and Pevsner 2014; Davis EM pers comm; National Heritage List for England; VCH 1989</p></p>