Manor Farmhouse

Manor Farmhouse, now a house, likely dates to the late 16th century, with substantial remodelling and partial rebuilding in the mid-to-late 19th century. The building is timber framed with painted brick nogging, with some underbuilding and rebuilding in brick, painted to the front. It includes a cross wing with planted timbers to the first floor, and has a plain tile roof. The timber framing is characterised by small square panels. The structure consists of a baffle-entry hall range of two framed bays with a projecting gabled cross wing of two framed bays to the right. The hall range is single-storey with an attic, while the cross wing is two storeys with an attic. There are integral brick end stacks to the left and rear of the cross wing, and a brick ridge stack off-centre to the right, all with 19th-century square shafts. The hall range has a pair of gabled semi-dormers with 2-light wooden casements, a small 2-light wooden casement beneath the eaves, and two ground-floor 19th-century wooden mullioned and transomed windows of 2 and 3 lights. The cross wing incorporates a small 2-light 19th-century attic casement, a first-floor 2-light wooden casement, and a ground-floor square bay with a 3-light wooden casement and a lean-to roof. A 19th-century lean-to porch, with a Tudor arch and boarded door with a 3-part rectangular overlight, is situated in the angle of the cross wing. The return front of the cross wing has several bays with one-and 2-light wooden casements. A 19th-century gabled staircase wing is located at the rear, with an integral brick end stack. The interior features a central ground-floor room with a large open fireplace, 17th-century panelling, and a deeply-moulded ceiling beam showing evidence of a former intersecting moulded beam and bars. A left-hand ground-floor room has chamfered beams and some moulded joists, along with a 17th-century two-panelled back door. In the left-hand first-floor room, exposed framing shows a notched lap joint, along with evidence of former angle bracing. The roof over the hall range was rebuilt in the 19th century with king post trusses, although some timber may have been reused. The interior of the cross wing was not inspected. During a 1987 survey, the chamfered oak lintel from the former fireplace in the left-hand ground-floor room was found lying on the ground to the left of the house.