Armscote Manor

Armscote Manor is a manor house dating from the early to mid 17th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and squared, coursed limestone with quoins, and has coped gables. The roof is covered with stone slate and features ashlar ridge stacks, with two flues set on a moulded plinth and joined by a moulded cornice. The building is two storeys high with an attic, and has a four-window front. The layout is L-shaped, incorporating a rear wing and two projecting gabled bays on the front that rise to ridge level.

The right-hand gabled bay features a chamfered doorway, with an old plank door set within an ovolo-moulded wooden frame, topped by a 20th-century overlight. Adjacent to the door is a four-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions and a transome. The central section has a similar four-light mullioned window with a king mullion. The left-hand gabled bay incorporates a six-light mullioned and transomed window with a king mullion to the ground and first floors, accented by hood moulds that continue around the gable. The first floor of the right-hand gabled bay has a four-light mullioned and transomed window with a king mullion. To the left, a range of three ovolo-moulded mullioned windows are present on the first floor, with two, three, and four lights respectively. The attic of each gabled bay has a four-light mullioned window with a king mullion, with a smaller two-light mullioned window above. All windows are topped by hood moulds with label stops. A 20th-century dormer has been added. Between the first and attic windows of the right-hand gabled bay is a sundial. The left gable end has mullioned windows to each floor, with four, three, and two lights, plus a small two-light window above. Further two- and one-light mullioned windows are visible at the right gable end.

20th-century stone additions have been made to the rear, including a 17th-century staircase gabled bay with three ovolo-moulded single-light windows.

The interior features an open fireplace with a chamfered timber bressumer with ogee stops, as well as chamfered spine beams, one of which has heavy moulding. There is a four-centre stone fireplace with moulded surrounds, possibly a reset feature. The remains of a stone spiral staircase are found within the cellar.

Historically, the Quaker George Fox was arrested at Armscote Manor around 1673.