Manor House

The Manor House is a building dating back to the 16th century, with significant alterations and extensions in the early 17th century and partial re-facing in brick during the 18th century. It is currently rendered with a rough cast finish, and has a plain tiled roof. The building’s plan consists of two parallel gables running northwest to southeast, potentially representing differing construction periods. The front elevation, within one gable, features a central doorway flanked by four-light wood mullioned and transomed windows on each floor. An embattled string course sits above the first-floor windows. Both gables have steeply coped parapets. There are indications of a cambered rail above the doorway suggesting earlier timber framing. The southwest elevation also has parallel, steeply coped gables with paired four-light wood mullioned and transomed windows on each floor, and a string course. A later 18th-century addition is visible, with an embattled parapet concealing a single-slope roof and creating a false front with a sash window cut into the inner floor level. The rear elevation is of exposed brickwork, with a four-light wood mullioned and transomed window to the lower right and to the stairwell, the latter retaining its original leaded-light glazing. Other windows on this elevation are casements with two and three lights. Various blocked or partly blocked openings are also present. A range of 19th-century outbuildings stands to the southeast, with a gabled frontispiece aligned with a former coach entry, now incorporated into the main house. Inside, the house has undergone numerous alterations. Although the three principal fireplaces have been largely rebuilt, an early 17th-century staircase with splat balusters remains. Two rooms, one on each floor, retain fine moulded ceiling beams and joists, with rolled and fluted mouldings that feature sharp chamfer stops. A lime plaster floor displays a date of 1605. Exposed timber framing reveals square panelled construction with straight arched bracing. The roof is constructed with two parallel ridges and a lateral ridge running southwest to northeast, incorporating wind bracing.