Needwood Manor And Attached Water Tower

Needwood Manor and the attached Water Tower is a large house dated 1892. It is constructed of hard red brick with stone dressings and features a hipped and gabled tiled roof with end and side stacks. The entrance front is asymmetric and has two storeys, dominated by a three-storey circular tower at the right end. This tower includes mock-machicolations beneath the top storey and dentilled eaves on its conical roof. The upper stage has pointed arch casement windows, while the lower stage features large-pane sash windows.

To the left, there is a projecting three-sided wing, and both this wing and the tower flank a central recess with three windows. The two outer ranges rise to dormer roofs, with the right-hand side forming a three-sided bay. There is a slight central break that is buttressed and includes a low-relief oriel on the first floor with two pointed lights, which is corbelled and roofed in stone. The gable above has verge parapets and an unusual centre stack that rises over the line of the oriel.

The main entrance is set within a Tudor arch, featuring a deep reveal with moulded details and columns, leading to double panelled doors. The attached water tower, located to the north, has three stages and a flat roof behind a parapet. The upper stages are panelled, while the lower stage has mock arrow loops and a Tudor-arched door. Inside, the house features a two-storey stair hall that is galleried and screened with carved cusped and moulded pine, along with elaborate boarded timber floors.