The Manor House

The Manor House is a manor house dating to the mid 16th century, with additions from the 17th century and alterations in the 18th century. An early to mid 20th-century wing was added to the rear, along with further alterations of the same period. The house is timber-framed with brick and lath and plaster infill, with some walls of coursed limestone. The upper part of the right wing and parts of its return side are of 18th or 19th-century red brick, while the 20th-century wing is brick. The roof is tiled, with brick ridge and lateral stacks. The building is arranged in an L-shape with cross wings, extended to form an H-plan. It has a central one-and-a-half-storey section, two-storey wings, and a four-window range to the front. The central entrance has a Tudor-arched studded plank door with an incised lozenge pattern, set within a moulded wooden surround with bar stops and sunk spandrels. Above the entrance is a curved, panelled hood supported by fluted Ionic pilasters and moulded brackets. The central section features moulded wood mullioned windows with two segmental-arched lights, pilasters, crocketed pinnacles, and some crown glass. Dormers and three-light windows to the left wing have old wood and iron casements with glazing bars. The right wing has a 20th-century leaded casement and a four-light wood mullioned window above. Tile canopies on shaped brackets shelter the ground floor front windows of the wings. The irregular left return side has a corner post, while the large brick and stone external stack is indicative of an earlier construction. The left part is a 20th-century wing. Casements with glazing bars are found throughout. The right return side features close studding with tension braces, with a central brick section and a stone right end. A three-window range includes a leaded casement on the left and an old leaded three-light casement above. A central 20th-century bow window is also present, alongside a recessed, chamfered stone mullioned window on the right. The first floor has old three-light casements and two oval stone windows. Inside, the hall contains an open fireplace with a carved bressumer bearing the initials ‘HG’, a flagged floor, and oak panelling. A 17th-century staircase has turned balusters, square newel posts with carved finials, and a contemporary dog gate. Several rooms have 16th-century moulded, four-centre arched stone fireplaces with moulded stops, one of which features carved spandrels. A four-centred moulded oak doorway leads to the kitchen; the door has three vertical panels. Several rooms have oak panelling, some of which was imported from elsewhere. The house was formerly the home of the Wagstaffe family.