St Marys Manor

St Mary’s Manor dates to circa 1815. It is a two-storey building with painted stucco facades and a Westmorland slate roof, with chimneys featuring individual octagonal shafts for each flue. The north wing is of painted brick and dates to the first half of the 18th century, while the south wing is a modern addition containing a good 18th century panelled room with walnut panelling.

The east front of the main block has a bowed centre with three windows, flanked by single windows, all with cornices and flat fluted consoles. Ground floor windows are casements, while upper floor windows are sashes. A double string course runs over the ground floor. The south wing is one window wide, and the north wing is three windows wide. The west front features a flat centre block, five windows wide, including one casement window to the floor with consoles and a cornice; the remaining windows have architraves. First floor windows have cornices and flat consoles. A tetrastyle Roman Doric porch centres the west front, leading to a six-panel door with a rectangular ornamental fanlight and reeded architrave with paterae. Both north and south wings mirror the design of the east front.

Internally, a noteworthy stair has a Greek Ionic colonnaded landing to the first floor, with a lantern light. The Baroque wrought iron balustrade was designed by Hawksmoor for Beverley Minster and acquired in 1826 by Henry Ellison, the Vicar of St Mary’s. The wrought iron stair balusters are of a matching pattern, possibly copied. An oval dining room features a coved ceiling and an alcove behind two fluted Ionic columns. One first-floor room retains early oak panelling.