Gorsty Hayes Manor House And Attached Outbuilding

A manor house, now divided into two dwellings, with an attached outbuilding, dating to the early 19th century, although incorporating earlier elements, and with a substantial early 20th-century extension. The house is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings, featuring hipped slate roofs and later tile roofs, and brick stacks. It is built on a double-depth plan and has two storeys, originally with a three-window front, and a gabled wing to the right. The ground floor features a canted bay window with a swept lead roof, and round-headed windows with small-paned glazing. First-floor windows have wedge lintels over twelve-pane sashes. A porch with a swept roof on Doric columns provides entrance, with a glazed door and sidelights. An entrance to the later block on the right has an overlight. The gabled wing incorporates 17th-century fabric on the ground floor, with a 20th-century first floor. It includes a blocked elliptical-headed entrance and an oval datestone inscribed “WS/ 1683”. A leaded casement is present on the first floor. The left return has a bow window with small-paned casements, and three sashed windows on the first floor. The entrance on the left has a segmental hood on large brackets and a glazed door. A four-window extension to the left features two projecting three-light windows with embattled parapets, and leaded casements on the first floor. There are gable-end stacks with diagonal shafts, and a single-storey summerhouse with French windows. Internally, some 19th-century fireplaces and re-used panelling are present. The outbuilding projects from the rear to the right, with ashlar to the right end and a plastered gable featuring dovecote openings and a weathervane.