Greathed Manor
| Greathed Manor | |
|---|---|
 "An extreme example of a justly neglected type"[1] | |
| Type | House |
| Location | Dormansland, Surrey |
| Coordinates | 51°09′42″N 0°01′10″E / 51.1616°N 0.0194°E |
| Built | 1862-8 |
| Architect | Robert Kerr |
| Architectural style(s) | Gothic Revival |
| Governing body | Privately owned |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Greathed Manor |
| Designated | 25 April 1984 |
| Reference no. | 1377578 |
  Location of Greathed Manor in Surrey | |
Greathed Manor, Dormansland, Surrey, is a Victorian country house. It was designed in 1862-8 by the architect Robert Kerr. It is a Grade II listed building.
History
Greathed Manor, originally called Ford Manor, was designed by Robert Kerr for the Clay family.[2] The actress Joyce Grenfell was a descendant and lived at the manor as a child.[2] By 1960, when the house was renamed Greathed Manor, it was owned by the Country Houses Association.[2] Following the collapse of the CHA, it became a private nursing home.[3]
Architecture
Kerr was an influential mid-Victorian architect who wrote The Gentleman's House - Or, How To Plan English Residences, From The Parsonage To The Palace, published in 1864.[4] Kerr's influence was greater than his talent; the architectural critic Ian Nairn described Greathed as; "over-confident, making no concessions to the landscape or anything else, and without any (...) artistic sincerity".[1] The architectural historian Mark Girouard was no more complimentary, describing the house as "appalling"[5] and Kerr's most significant work, Bearwood House, as of a "design (.) as heavyweight as (its) technology".[6]
The manor is of stone, and mainly of three storeys.[2] Until renovations in 1912, the building had a large porte-cochère at the front, and a winter garden at the rear.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Nairn, Pevsner & Cherry 1971, p. 266.
- ^ a b c d e England, Historic. "GREATHED MANOR, Dormansland - 1000272- Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
- ^ Choices, N. H. S. "Contact details, map and directions - Greathed Manor Nursing Home - NHS Choices".
- ^ Kerr 2012, p. frontispiece.
- ^ Girouard 1979, p. 271.
- ^ Girouard 1979, p. 269.
References
- Girouard, Mark (1979). The Victorian Country House. New Haven, US: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300023909.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Kerr, Robert (2012). The Gentleman's House. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-04484-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1971). Surrey. The Buildings of England. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-300-09675-5.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)