The Manor House

The Manor House is a manor house dating from the mid-17th century. It is constructed of brick, rendered and whitewashed, with roofs covered in unequal pitches of interlocking tiles. The building has dentillated eaves, one gable stack, and two valley stacks. The plan is double depth, square. The west front has an off-centre timber doorcase with curved brackets to the hood, flanked by single windows. Above the door are two windows. All windows are glazing bar sashes with 19th-century moulded architraves. The north gable has a 20th-century casement to the left and a 19th-century square bay window with a slate roof and five casements to the right. Above the bay window is a casement to the left, and above that a casement to the left and a glazing bar sash to the right. The south front has a 20th-century French window with flanking lights to the right, flanked to the left by a glazing bar sash and to the right by a casement. To the left of the French window is a large 20th-century casement. The rear elevation has irregular fenestration, including a round headed stair light. Adjoining the rear are a rear wing and a single-storey outbuilding, both with two plus one bays, featuring 20th-century garage doors and fenestration. The interior features a noteworthy three-storey dogleg oak staircase, originally from Mering House, with a half-round moulded handrail, intersecting with a deep moulded string. The staircase has square newels with knob finials and drops, turned balusters with square heads and feet, and a matching landing balustrade. There is fielded oak staircase panelling and some stud walls. The front roof pitch has been largely rebuilt with struts to the principal rafters. The rear roof retains heavy principal rafters with tenoned purlins. There are three hewn span beams and a fireplace bressummer, with remains of stops, along with two chamfered span beams. A classical style timber and marble fireplace originates from Ossington Hall. Several early 19th-century panelled doors are also present.