Manor Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Probably dating from the mid-to-late 15th century, with alterations around 1600 and in the late 19th century. The building is timber frame construction, likely of cruck type, with some rebuilding in painted brick; it has a slate roof. Originally an open hall house aligned north-east to south-west, it comprised a former open hall of two framed bays, a lower end of one framed bay, and a projecting solar cross-wing of two framed bays at the former high end. The farmhouse is one storey and attic in height. The south-east front features two large gabled eaves dormers with two-light wooden casements. A central brick stack and an integral brick end stack are visible to the right. The left-hand cross-wing has a two-light wooden casement on each floor. The hall range displays a segmental-headed three-light casement to the left and two smaller casements to the right. A boarded door is located just to the right of the stack, with a gabled porch and a boarded door off-centre to the right, also with a two-light wooden casement, both under a segmental head. A glazed, 20th-century lean-to addition is present in front to the right, with a door to the right. A fire insurance plate is visible in the gable of the cross-wing. 19th-century brick lean-to additions extend from the rear. Inside, three full cruck trusses stand with very large blades and chamfered wall plates. The ceiling in the end bay is from the 15th century and features a large beam with run-out stops and large plain joists. An inserted ceiling from around 1600 in the central two bays has pairs of chamfered spine beams and chamfered joists, all with ogee stops. The inserted stack from around 1600 includes a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel and a 17th-century lozenge-panelled surround with a fluted frieze above. The present front door is likely positioned where the entrance to the 15th-century hall house once was, which would have led into a screens passage. The building is Grade II* listed as a well-preserved and complete example of a medieval hall house, with later inserted floors and a stack in the two former hall bays.