Bentham Manor
A limestone house at Badgeworth with a timber-framed entrance porch and an early pointed arch whose relationship to the surviving building remains uncertain.
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A limestone house at Badgeworth with a timber-framed entrance porch and an early pointed arch whose relationship to the surviving building remains uncertain.
Register entry — BENTHAM MANOR. National Heritage List for England reference: 1152474. Recorded designation: Grade II listed building.
First listed: 1987-10-22. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1152474
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
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Record
- Historic house of uncertain early date
- United Kingdom
- Badgeworth
- South West England
- other
- 1987-10-22
Editorial reading
Historic England's list description is cautious about Bentham Manor's origins. It considers a thirteenth- or fourteenth-century date possible, but allows that the house may instead be seventeenth-century. The pointed arch within the porch is early, yet the record expressly states that it is unclear whether this element survives in its original position.
The building includes dressed limestone walls, a stone-slate roof, later windows and blocked openings. Earthworks behind the house suggest an early site, but do not by themselves establish the date of every standing wall. The recorded inspection was external, from the road; the interior was not inspected.
Our editorial reading: treat the arch and surrounding earthworks as evidence to investigate, rather than resolving the uncertainty into a single confident medieval construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1152474 (official list description consulted 21 October 2026).
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Sources & credits
Source record: Wikidata
Source record: Eigen redactie
Source record: National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
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