Manor House

This is a manor house, built around 1730. The front wall is constructed of grey gault brick in a Flemish bond pattern, while the side and rear walls use an English bond. It has undergone only slight alterations and additions in the 19th century. The hipped roof is covered in plain tiles and features two ridge stacks. The house follows a double pile plan, with entrances at the front and rear. It originally comprised two storeys and attics, with bands between the storeys and at the eaves height, though the latter is now removed. There are three dormers. The symmetrical front elevation has five bays. Segmental arches frame four recessed sash windows with twelve panes each, retaining their original glazing bars, while a round-headed arch frames a similar central sash window. A central, pedimented doorway features a doorcase with fluted pilasters and a Doric entablature and frieze, topped by a round-headed arch. The door itself has six raised and fielded panels, accompanied by a fanlight with radial glazing bars. Early 19th-century cast iron railings, decorated with a honeysuckle motif and acorn finials on the piers, are present. The interior retains much of its original detail. One ground floor room has raised and fielded panelling in two heights, along with a fine cornice featuring dentils and other ornamentation. The fireplace surround in this room is notable for its carved pulvinated frieze and shouldered, ramped overmantel with rosettes in the corners. The room also includes a pedimented door with a shouldered surround. The dining room is lined with raised and fielded panelling, although the cornice is less ornate and the pulvinated frieze to the fireplace is unmoulded. Doorways throughout the house feature shouldered surrounds, with the doorway to the second wing having a swan’s neck pediment. The hall and landing are distinguished by round-headed arches with panelled archivolts and keyblocks. The hall floor is paved with stone and has raised and fielded panelling below the dado. A two-flight open-well staircase features an open string, turned balusters with a moulded and swept rail, fluted newels with a curtail, and scroll tread brackets.