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Article: Charming Jacobean manor.(Property)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2001
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Byline: Marsya Lennox
In the words of a former owner of The Manor House at Southam in Gloucestershire, the property 'is a charming, unpretentious example of a small Jacobean manor house. Part timber framed and part local stone, it is an especially interesting example of 17th century architecture and listed as Grade ll*'.
The country house department of Hamptons in Broadway tipped off the property press with glossy brochures and an assurance that The Manor House is 'steeped in history'.
Had indomitable new owners not turned up to claim the manor ...