The Manor House

The Manor House is a house that now serves as a museum and offices. It dates from the mid-16th century and was cased in brick in the 17th century, with alterations in the 18th century, 19th-century additions, and 20th-century changes. Originally, it was a timber-framed structure with mud walls, but it is now built of red brick and features a thatched roof with raised brick coped gables and kneelers, along with two ridge stacks and a single wall stack.

The house is two storeys high with garrets and has a seven-bay front arranged in a 2:3:2 pattern, with the outer pairs being advanced and gabled. There are bands at the first floor and gables. The original door was located to the left of the now central 20th-century double panelled doors, which are framed by a wooden pedimented doorcase and flanked by three glazing bar sash windows. The inner sashes have 20th-century flat brick heads, while the outer pair features segmental brick heads. The first floor has seven similar windows, with the outer pairs set in the blocking of earlier larger openings. The gables also have single glazing bar sashes, occupying larger earlier openings. To the left of the central first floor window, there is a Fire Company plaque.

At the right side and rear of the house, there are lower 19th-century additions. The interior retains substantial bay posts on steddlestone blocks, with deeply moulded beams that have run-out stops supported on jowled posts. There are three large brick fireplaces with moulded bressumers, and the staircase is early 19th century with plain balusters. In one first-floor room, there is a notable early 18th-century bolection moulded fireplace, and some wattle and daub partitions remain. The original clasped purlin roof has been significantly altered during the restoration in 1969. In 1661, the house became the residence of Sir Robert Christopher, whose tomb is located in the church.