Reaside Manor Farmhouse

Reaside Manor Farmhouse is a manor house, later farmhouse, now house, dating from the late 16th to early 17th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble with ashlar stone string course at first floor level, beneath a plain old-tiled roof. It features projecting rubble stone stacks positioned at each side and rear, fitted with diagonal brick shafts with spurs and caps. The plan is H-shaped, consisting of four bays of main range with three-bay cross wings.

The exterior presents two storeys with attic and basement accommodation. The north front features a gabled porch wing on the left-hand side, which contains a pointed arched opening with ovolo-moulded chamfer and stepped hoodmould. Within this porch is a quartered armorial panel enriched with devices and initials 'I T T R', together with a cross-boarded door set in a double-ovolo-moulded doorcase. At attic level is a restored oak three-light mullion window. Each side of the porch gable has a restored oak two-light mullion window at ground level and a basement casement opening.

The central range displays restored oak mullion and transom windows at ground and first floors, with a 19th-century four-light casement at basement level. To the right is a staircase gable with restored oak mullion windows, the lower windows having transoms, and an inserted 19th-century panelled door with an adjacent casement. A further gable to the far right contains restored oak mullion windows with transoms on the lower lights.

The right return side comprises two storeys and basement in a two-window range with a central projecting stone stack. All windows are blocked with rubble stone except for a first-floor right three-light casement and two basement mullion windows. The left return side similarly has two storeys and basement in a two-window range, with a central partly projecting stone stack corbelled out from first floor and rising to a central gable. Windows here are blocked except for those of the front porch gable and a three-light casement at centre left.

The rear elevation features a gabled porch wing on the right-hand side containing a round-arched opening with steps down to a boarded door in a moulded oak frame. The central two-storey and basement range is divided by a central projecting stone stack with 19th-century casements to left and right at ground and first floors, and casements at basement level. A gable to the left contains restored oak mullion windows with transoms on the lower lights; dovecote holes are visible in the stonework at each lower verge of this gable.

The interior of the ground floor contains a great hall to the east fitted with 17th-century oak panelling, with 18th-century panelled cupboards inset at blocked window positions. The hall features bridging beams with ogee chamfer stops and a large fireplace with chamfered oak mantel beam. A central 17th-century oak open-well staircase rises through three storeys, with square tapering balusters, carved handrail and closed string, and open-work newel finials with pendant stops. The dining room (parlour) to the west has 17th-century oak panelling with dentilled cornice, enriched strapwork upper wall plaster and ceiling between moulded beams, a large fireplace with swept mantel with ogee chamfer stops, and a carved overmantel with pilasters.

The first floor contains a large west bedroom with 17th-century oak panelling and moulded plastered beams; the upper wall plaster features cast medallions depicting mythical beasts. Other rooms have creased boarded doors and bridging beams with ogee chamfer stops. In the attic, the east bedroom has a stone arched bread oven adjacent to a small fireplace.

The roof structure comprises single trenched purlin roofs of four bays with three-bay cross wing to the west. The trusses are fitted with straight and cambered tie beams, vertical struts, and high collar with twin raking struts overhead.