Manor Farmhouse

Manor Farmhouse is a house with origins dating back to the early to mid-16th century, featuring rebuilding, refacing, and additions from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It was originally built for Sir John Gostwick, who served as Master of the Horse to Cardinal Wolsey and later as Treasurer and Receiver-General of the First Fruits and Tenths during the Dissolution under Henry VIII. The original structure was timber framed and brick, with some timbering still visible in the interior, while later work is done in red brick. The roof is made of old clay tiles.

The house has a two-storey L-plan layout, with 19th-century additions that include two storeys within the angle, one storey and attics to the northeast, and one storey to the northwest. The southwest (front) elevation features four first-floor sash windows with glazing bars and gauged red brick heads. The ground floor has two similar windows on the left-hand side, and on the right-hand side, there are two tall sash windows, also with glazing bars and gauged brick heads, flanking a doorway. The door surround includes pilasters with sunken panels, an entablature, frieze, and cornice. The door itself has four fielded panels and is topped by a semi-circular fanlight with radiating glazing bars. A moulded brick eaves cornice runs along the top of the elevation.

The right-hand corner of the building retains earlier brickwork. The substantial external chimney stack on the northeast gable, along with the gable itself, is made of earlier brickwork, likely from the 16th century, although the top of the stack was rebuilt in the 20th century. There are red brick ridge stacks on both the left and right sides at the intersection with the rear block, originally serving a back-to-back hearth. The southeast elevation also shows some earlier brickwork with diaper patterning, likely from the 17th century.