Greathed Manor
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"An extreme example of a justly neglected type"
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| Type | House |
| Location | Dormansland, Surrey |
| Coordinates | 51°09′42″N 0°01′10″E / 51.1616°N 0.0194°ECoordinates: 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 |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name: Greathed Manor | |
| Designated | 25 April 1984 |
| Reference no. | 1377578 |
 Location of Greathed Manor in Surrey
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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.
Greathed Manor, originally called Ford Manor, was designed by Robert Kerr for the Clay family. The actress Joyce Grenfell was a descendant and lived at the manor as a child. By 1960, when the house was renamed Greathed Manor, it was owned by the Country Houses Association. Following the collapse of the CHA, it became a private nursing home.
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. 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". The architectural historian Mark Girouard was no more complimentary, describing the house as "appalling" and Kerr's most significant work, Bearwood House, as of a "design (.) as heavyweight as (its) technology".
The manor is of stone, and mainly of three storeys. Until renovations in 1912, the building had a large porte-cochère at the front, and a winter garden at the rear.
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