The Old Manor House

The Old Manor House is a timber-framed house with brick infill, dating to the 16th and 17th centuries, and potentially incorporating earlier medieval remains. Deeds from 1467 to the 17th century (held at the Bedfordshire Record Office, CRT 130 Blunham 16) suggest the house served as a Brotherhood house and later as the Manor House, where Manorial courts were held in the 16th century. The southern block is two stories and has a one-room plan. The northern block, added later, is one story with attics and a three-room plan. The south wall of the southern block has been rebuilt in stone. The roof is covered with clay tiles. The ground floor has five windows, while the left-hand first floor has one window and the right-hand attic has a gabled dormer, all with casement windows of varying sizes and glazing bars. The timber framing in the left-hand block shows remnants of a blocked Tudor-arched doorway. The right-hand block has a doorway with a flat hood supported by cut brackets. A ground floor room in the southern part of the house contains some wall paintings dating to circa 1600, displaying geometric patterns and a fragment of an inscription.