Manor Farm

Manor Farm is a house dating from the mid-17th century. One bay was demolished, likely in the 19th century, and there is a single bay rear addition from the 18th century. The building was restored in the mid-20th century and late 20th century. It features timber framing, mostly rebuilt in brick on the ground floor, with a roughcast finish that was renewed in the 20th century. The roofs are gabled and hipped, covered with plain tiles, and there are brick ridge and external side wall stacks. All windows are late 20th century UPVC casements, primarily in their original openings. The house is two storeys high and has three bays across the front.

The front has two late 20th century doors; the door on the right aligns with the stack, while the left door aligns with the stairs. There are two windows with two and three lights. Above these, there is a four-light window, flanked on the left by a three-light window and on the right by a single light window. The rear wing has a two-light window on each floor facing the street, and single light windows on the garden side. The left gable features a two-light window on the ground floor and a single light window in the roof space.

Inside, the central ground floor room has a chamfered spine beam and a rebuilt brick principal fireplace, with signs of a former staircase towards the rear. An original fireplace, back to back with this one, still exists. The eastern ground floor room also has a chamfered spine beam, truncated at the west end where a late 20th century staircase has been inserted, along with exposed studs and joists. The rear ground floor room, from the 18th century, features a chamfered span beam, exposed joists, and lighter studding, some of which was renewed in the late 20th century. The brick fireplace in this room was rebuilt in the late 20th century.

On the first floor, there are several jowled bay posts with arch braces, some inverted. Two substantial framed cross walls are present, with the one adjoining the stairs lacking most of its lower infill panels. The central room has a brick fireplace, likely from the late 17th century, to the west. The roof is a principal rafter type, exposed throughout and without a ridge piece, featuring single clasp purlins and long, slender diagonal braces. The rear wing has a similar roof but made of lighter material, hipped with a ridge piece and a rudimentary king post.

The preservation of most of the framing and the roof is vital to the historical significance of this building.