The Manor House

The Manor House is a manor house dating from 1690, with substantial additions circa 1775, possibly by William Sands the Younger of Spalding. Minor alterations were made in the 20th century. The north front is limestone ashlar, while the south front is red brick with ashlar dressings. Steeply pitched hipped and canted roofs are covered with plain tiles, featuring a coped rear gable and moulded wooden eaves. Various ashlar and brick chimney stacks are present. The house is two storeys and has an attic.

The north, or street, front has six windows and incorporates a plinth and first-floor band. A doorway to the left has a plain door surround, overlight, and a six-panel door. A single window is positioned to the left, followed by two windows, then a blocked doorway, and a further window. Above are five windows and a single blocked window over the blocked doorway, with a datestone inscribed ‘I.H. 1690’. All windows have 20th-century cross mullion casements. A single hipped dormer is located to the east, featuring a two-light window.

The west return has an ashlar ground floor and a brick first floor, with an ashlar first-floor band and an ashlar band below the moulded wooden eaves. A central doorway has an overlight and a panelled door. A diamond plaque above is inscribed ‘I.H.I.C. 1690’. To the right are two windows, with a blocked window and another window to the left. Above are five windows, all with 20th-century cross mullion casements.

The south, or garden, front, dating from circa 1775, features a three-window block to the right, with ashlar quoins and a brick parapet. A central Venetian arched ashlar door surround features a half-glazed door and a fanlight, flanked by single, narrow sashes set between pilasters. Single glazing bar sashes are positioned either side, set in ashlar surrounds. Above is a small central Diocletian window with a central sash in an ashlar surround, flanked by small single glazing bar sashes. Set back to the left is an earlier gabled wing with a central doorway flanked by single glazing bar sashes, all with segment heads. Above are two taller, segment-headed sashes and a small sash in the steep gable.

The interior includes a Great Room with full-height 18th-century panelling, panelled shutters, six-panel doors, deep coving, and a simple contemporary fire-surround with a pulvinated frieze. Main doorways have moulded surrounds with plain pediments. A panelled hall features round-headed doorways and arches. A panelled dining room has full-height panelling, shutters, deep plaster coving, and a round-headed niche with original shaped shelves. A fine early 18th-century three-flight dog-leg staircase has square newels, turned balusters, and a ramped and moulded handrail, with ramped dado panelling to the sides mirroring the balusters.