Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Manor house. 2 related planning applications.

Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
swift-oriel-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1984
Type
Manor house
Address
Manor Farmhouse, 37, Lower End, Swaffham Prior, CB25 0HT
OS grid reference
TL 570 646
Coordinates
52.25725, 0.30021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Farmhouse is a manor house located on a moated site, incorporating elements from a 17th century and an 18th century house, although it has the external appearance of a mid-19th century building. The original structure is timber-framed and plaster rendered, but it was underbuilt in brick during the 18th century, with part of this brickwork visible in the rear wall. The mid-19th century section is constructed of grey brick and features a low-pitched slate roof with a ridge stack and an end stack, both with projecting capping supported by brackets. The main range has a service wing at the rear and stands two storeys high. The principal entry is framed by a rusticated surround and a round-headed arch, situated within a two-storey porch that has a Dutch gable and stone dressings. Flanking the doorway are two bay windows, each supported by small brick piers topped with ball finials. To the left of the entrance is a tripartite hung sash window. On the first floor, there are three hung sash windows, each with twelve panes, set beneath gauged brick segmental arches.

Local climate

Manor Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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