Dutton Manor

Dutton Manor is a house built in 1872 by Isaac Taylor of Manchester as a shooting lodge for the Fenton family. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with applied timber framing and slate roofs. The building is two storeys tall with an attic. The south front is characterised by two cross-wings, with the first floors of each projecting on stone corbel tables. The windows are double-chamfered, mullioned, and transomed. The west cross-wing features an 8-light window on the ground floor, a 6-light window on the first floor, and a 3-light mullioned attic window. The east cross-wing has a 10-light window on the ground floor, an 8-light window on the first floor, and a 3-light mullioned attic window. The eaves project, with a collar spanning the upper two purlins and carrying decorative bracing. A recessed central section of the south front contains a single-storey porch with a balustrade and a moulded door surround with a four-centred head. Flanking the porch are mullioned and transomed windows, the left-hand one having pointed heads to the lights. Two 6-light windows are on the first floor, along with a plaque reading 'WFH 1872'. Two gabled attic dormers are constructed from applied timber framing.

The east facade comprises five bays, with the two northern bays being a later addition. The windows are mullioned and transomed, with a two-sided oriel window on the first floor of the left-hand bay. There are two timbered attic dormers and two stone dormers towards the rear. The west facade includes a 12-light mullioned and transomed window on the first floor, lighting the billiard room, a one-storey square bay window towards the front, and a projecting round tower with a conical roof supported by wooden brackets on stone corbels; the stair is external above first-floor level.

The interior contains good marble fireplaces and carved wooden fireplace surrounds on the first floor. The entrance hall has been divided to create an informal sitting area, and a stair with Jacobean detailing rises against the rear wall. The dining room, located on the eastern side of the front of the house, has raised and fielded panelling and stone corbels carved to represent game.