The Old Manor House Or Clive Manor

The Old Manor House or Clive Manor is a timber-framed house dating to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with alterations from the mid- to late 19th century and late 20th century. It is located in Clive, fronting Jubilee Street. The house has a roughly dressed grey sandstone and brick plinth, with painted brick nogging, and a plain tile roof with a catslide over the outshut at the rear. The layout is a "T" shape, at right angles to the road, with a baffle-entry hall range of three framed bays aligned east-west, and a projecting gabled cross wing of two framed bays to the west. The timber framing consists of square panels, three and four between the sole plate and wall plate. The house has one storey and an attic over a basement.

The south front features a large grey sandstone ridge stack with a brick top and a mid- to late 19th century grey sandstone ashlar stack to the left, complete with a chamfered plinth, moulded string course, continuous moulded string, moulded cornice, and a pitched-roofed link to the attic. The front contains one and three windows, with late 19th and mid-20th century two- and three-light leaded wooden casements and French casements. A roughly central pair of 20th century glazed doors is set within a mid-20th century timber-framed gabled porch with leaded windows and a boarded door. The rear elevation has a pair of large 17th century timber-framed gabled dormers with three-light leaded wooden casements. A central 17th century doorway features a semi-circular stone step, boarded door, surround with quarter-round moulding, and a shaped segmental head. The cross wing’s rear has mid-19th century three-light cast-iron latticed casements, and the basement contains a 17th century double-chamfered two-light mullioned stone window and external steps down to a boarded door.

The interior retains chamfered beams and posts with large jowls. A large central ground-floor open fireplace has chamfered sandstone reveals and a chamfered wooden lintel. The cross wing, formerly divided, contains two late 17th century stone corner fireplaces: the left-hand one with a moulded surround and cornice, and the right-hand one with a bolection-moulded surround. A late 17th century dog-leg staircase features winders, turned balusters, and square newel posts. A small first-floor 17th century stone fireplace has a quarter-round moulding. The cross wing was formerly timber-framed with a jettied gable, but was rebuilt in rendered brick in the mid-20th century, incorporating original timbers internally.