Manor House Ruins And Wall, 70 Metres South East Of Whessoe Grange Farmhouse

The Manor House ruins and wall, located 70 metres south-east of Whessoe Grange Farmhouse, are possibly the remains of a 12th-century chapel that was converted into a house in the early to mid-16th century and later transformed into a barn. The structure is built from coursed and squared rubble and is one storey high, with a ruinous upper storey. The west gable end features alternating quoins and has two blocked 2-light, hollow-chamfered mullioned windows on the ground floor, which are filled with hand-made bricks. There is a hollow-chamfered south jamb of a former 2-light window in the ruinous gable. The building is roofless, with a blocked breather and a 20th-century doorway on the south wall. The east opening is partly collapsed, and there is a later west doorway on the north wall. The almost complete east gable end has roughly-shaped, alternating quoins, a partly-blocked doorway, and a later opening above. The gable features shaped footstones, moulded copings, and a ruinous apex.

Inside, the south wall contains a small, off-centre 16th-century stone fireplace with a 4-centred arch, above which is a fragmentary wall painting with scattered crescent shapes. There is also a small, round-headed and deeply-splayed first-floor window to the west. A tall wall, likely from the 16th century, measures approximately 15 metres long and has an off-centre boarded door with a round-arched oak head. It also features a deeply-splayed window to the south and the remains of a brick beehive oven to the north. Lean-to additions at the rear are not of special interest. The site was noted to be derelict and dangerous at the time of the survey.