The Old Manor

The Old Manor is an early 18th-century house with later alterations, located off Main Street in Reedness. Constructed primarily of brick, some parts are rendered and colour-washed, and it is roofed with pantiles. Originally L-shaped, the surviving section comprises a three-room south front with a lobby entry to the left, and a two-room wing to the rear right, which was demolished around 1950.

The building is two storeys high with three first-floor windows. It has a moulded plinth and a step leading to a 20th-century half-glazed door in its original opening, set within a wooden architrave and a brick flat arch. The door is flanked by single 20th-century windows in original openings, each set within segmental arches. A later entrance has been inserted to the right, with steps leading to a 20th-century door beneath a segmental arch. The first floor features 20th-century casements in original segmental-headed openings, including a small casement to the left. Corbelled brick eaves are present, alongside a stone-coped gable with a shaped kneeler to the left, with the roof hipped to the right. An axial stack is also visible.

The rear of the house, facing the street, features a lobby entry with a six-fielded-panel door and 20th-century casements in segmental-headed openings.

Internally, original details remain, including a good moulded wooden cornice and a spine beam to the ground floor left; a fielded-panel dado with moulded skirting to the ground floor centre; exposed joists in the kitchen, to the ground floor right; six-fielded-panel doors, window shutters in panelled reveals and architraves. A cellar is located beneath the kitchen, entered from the rear, and contains reused timber wall-posts, rails and studs that once supported a plaster floor above.