The Manor House

A small country house dating from 1673 with early 20th-century additions, built in red brick and situated at Little Cawthorpe on Church Lane.

The original 17th-century building displays a T-plan layout with shaped gables decorated with bands of chevron and moulded brick, flanking ashlar ball finials and central ashlar pyramidal finials. The roofs are plain tile and pantile with dentillated eaves. There are four stacks: two gable stacks each with three tall angle shafts, one ridge stack with two tall angle shafts, and a single tall polygonal stack to the rear. Two early 20th-century extensions have been added — a small rectangular extension to the south and a larger extension to the north — both constructed in keeping with the original style but using larger, browner brick.

The building is two storeys throughout. The east end of the east range features a blind arcade of moulded brick with flattened semi-circular heads and moulded imposts, with the central archway being larger than the flanking archways, which have plinths. An ashlar datestone above is inscribed "1673", with an ashlar coat of arms above it and a smaller illegible ashlar plaque above that. The blind arcade continues on the north side of the east range with three round-headed arches, the left being larger, all with moulded imposts and an ashlar plaque to the right above.

The south side of the east range has a single small slightly projecting rectangular bay window with a three-light casement, and a single three-light casement above with a segmental head. The east side of the south range features a 20th-century gabled porch on the right with a south doorway of shallow pointed head, an inner doorway with shallow pointed head, continuously chamfered surround and panelled door, and a slit window in the south return. To the left is a two-light casement. A large blind two-storey rectangular panel extends to the left, broken by the small 20th-century extension. The south side of this panel comprises three bays with a high plinth. The central element is a slightly projecting small rectangular bay window with herringbone nogging and a five-light casement with transom, flanked by two small semi-circular headed blind openings with moulded brick imposts. Above is a central cross-mullion casement with an ornate rectangular hood mould. A 20th-century shaped gable echoes the 17th-century shaped gable set a few feet back.

The west side of the three-bay south range has a single 20th-century bay to the right with a narrow casement. To the left is a 20th-century polygonal tower with chevroned first floor and eaves band, a south-west doorway with segmental head and plank door, and three slit lights on the first floor. Beyond this is a broad 17th-century bay with a single three-light casement with a similar casement above, both with segmental heads.

The south side of the west range has a 20th-century gabled and finialled porch on the right with a blocked opening to the south, a fixed window inserted into the shallow triangular head, and a doorway in the narrow east side with a partially glazed door. To the left of the porch are a three-light casement and a two-light casement above, both with segmental heads. The west end of the west range has a broad, projecting stack of 20th-century brick. Set back beyond, to the north, is an irregular 20th-century range including some blind arcading that echoes the 17th-century arcading on the south range, and plain casements.

The interior was not inspected during this survey. A list from 1966 mentions re-set panelling and carving.