Dunhampstead Manor

Dunhampstead Manor is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates back to the early 17th century and has undergone alterations in the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. The structure is timber-framed with painted brick infill, refacing, and replacement walling, resting on a base of lias limestone rubble, and features plain tiled roofs. The building has an H-plan layout, with a hall consisting of two framed bays aligned north-west to south-east, a through passage, and a fireplace that backs onto the passage with a brick ridge stack. Each wing also contains two framed bays and the building is two storeys high.

The framing is only visible in the wings. The main south-west gable end of the north-west wing has two rows of rectangular panels, while the south-east wing has two rows of square panels at the first-floor level. The north-west side elevation features close-set studding on the ground floor and three rows of small square panels above, with short straight upper braces. The south-east side elevation has three rows of panels from the sill to the wall-plate and a long straight brace across the left lower corner. The collar and tie-beam trusses at the gable ends have three struts to the collar and a V-strut in the apex.

On the main south-west elevation, there are 20th-century casements throughout. The hall has a large opening with a cambered head and glazed 20th-century doors, with a gabled dormer above that has a moulded finial and a two-light window. To the right is a gabled balustraded 19th-century porch on a brick base with a moulded finial and a 20th-century glazed door. Both gable ends feature a three-light window with plank weathering on both floors, and there is a 19th-century chimney on the left side of the left cross-wing roof.

The main entrance is located on the north-east elevation of the hall within a lean-to addition on brick piers, which is now bricked in. There is a single-bay addition at the rear gable end of the north-west cross-wing, with external steps leading to an upper-level doorway that is now blocked. The building is situated on a former moated site.