The Manse

The Manse is a house that was originally built as a manse in 1873 by E. W. Godwin for Earl Cowper. It has been extended around 1895 and again in 1947 and is designed in the Vernacular Revival style. The building is constructed of brick with patterned tile hanging and features gabled and catslide plain tile roofs. Part of the structure is timber framed, with a chamfered plinth and ashlar dressings.

The house has a single side wall and three ridge stacks. The windows are plain sashes, which were previously fitted with leaded glazing. The main west front includes a late 19th-century gabled wing to the left, connected by a lower wing. There are two casements with segmental heads on the left and two small casements to the right. To the right of these is a moulded ogee-headed ashlar doorcase, accompanied by a small light. Further right is a gabled wing featuring a two-storey canted bay window with four sashes on each floor, and above it, a casement and a large tile-hung gabled dormer.

The south gable has a cellar opening with a flanking buttress under a tile hood supported by wooden brackets, along with single sashes on either side. Above this, to the left, is a sash window and a plaque inscribed 'C. 1873'. The timber-framed gable above features herringbone brick nogging, ogee bargeboards, and a louvred vent.

At the rear, there is an off-centre two-storey half-hipped bay and a single sash window, flanked on the left by a French window and on the right by a triple sash. Above, to the left, are two double sashes. The right side of the rear features a wing added in 1947 with two bays. This building is part of a collection of farmhouses and estate cottages designed by E. W. Godwin for Earl Cowper between 1872 and 1878.