The Manor House

The Manor House is a house, possibly incorporating an earlier shop, dating to approximately 1600. A range from the early 17th century was later incorporated into the main range with the addition of a short link building in the 18th century. The house is timber-framed, with wattle and daub infill that has been replaced by brick. It has a plain-tile roof. A wide projecting side stack of sandstone, now rendered, is situated on the west side. The main range consists of two bays, likely with the shop at the north end. Together with the east range, the house now forms an L-plan.

The main range is two storeys and has an attic, with the first and attic storeys jettied at both the north and south ends. At the south end, the jetty beam at the first floor has been underbuilt, but the attic floor jetty is carried on shaped brackets enriched with masks, which are structurally integral with the main posts. The framing here is in small panels, with bracing forming diamond patterns. A 20th-century wood casement is present on each storey. The north gable end has a jetty at the attic storey carried on scrolled volutes, similar in structure to those at the south end, also featuring mask ornament. The first floor jetty is intact and has capitals carved with fluting, and the jetty beam has an ovolo-moulding. Vertical studding and small panels with diamond-pattern bracing are also visible. The absence of peg-holes on the north gable suggests the original location of a door and window at ground floor.

Adjoining on the east side is a 17th-century timber-framed outshut. This range was originally detached and was cased in brick on the south wall in the 18th century. It has a plain-tiled roof and a ridge stack, a single cell, and one structural bay over two storeys. A 20th-century wood casement is present at both the first and ground floors. The rear wall has an original three-light casement with splayed mullions, but with modern glazing. This range and that of the main range were linked in the 18th or 19th century. The link is two storeys and includes a late 20th-century porch in the south wall to provide access.

The interior of the main range retains original partition walls on the ground, first, and attic floors. Each floor was originally ceiled. There are two rooms on each storey, with those to the north having stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops alongside the main beams. The rooms to the south were originally heated. A rebuilt inglenook and a hearth with an 1800s ducks-nest grate are present on the ground floor. The roof is a through-purlin roof of two tiers. The east range has one room at ground and first floors, with a rebuilt inglenook at ground floor and a closed truss in both the east and west gables above. Structural evidence clearly indicates that the two ranges were originally detached.