The Manor House

The Manor House is a manor house dating from the early and mid 17th century, with alterations in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with freestone dressings, and has collyweston stone slated roofs. The building has parapet gables with chamfered copings, an end stack to the left hand with brick coursing, and two similar ashlar ridge stacks. It is two storeys and attics, with a cellar below the stairs. The original E-plan was reduced after a fire around 1789, when the south-west range beyond the porch and a cross wing were demolished.

The front elevation has a moulded wooden eaves cornice with shaped and jewelled modillions. A two-storey gabled porch is located on the left hand side, featuring a wide square-headed rusticated outer archway, a rectangular plaque below the gable, and a possibly blocked window. The plaque is inscribed with the dates WB 1789, IB 1825, WB 1849, and WSB 1849 (referencing the Bradleys family). Three ground floor and three first floor three-light transomed casement windows are present on the front, featuring moulded round headed wooden arches with shaped keys to the central light - a vernacular window style. A similar first floor window is present on the cross wing, and a former ground floor window has been fitted with a 19th-century boarded door. Stone mullioned windows and wooden cross-framed windows are found on the side and rear elevations.

The interior has undergone modifications across the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, reflecting the original plan. Reused 16th-century floor frames are found in the east wing, along with 17th-century floor frames elsewhere. A chamfered round headed arched doorway with a worn limestone step leads to the rear of the main range. Original 17th-century limestone chimney pieces with ovolo moulded cornices, and slightly pointed arches, are present in the hall and a first-floor room. A pine cupboard and mantel, along with a shelf to a cooking hearth in the entrance hall (formally a kitchen), are also original features. An 18th-century Adam style chimney piece is located in a first-floor room that was formerly part of the hall. A very fine closed string oak staircase features turned balusters and ball finials to the newel posts. Both 17th-century bolection moulded panelled doors and 18th and 19th century doors exist. A room is located to the rear of the cross passage and contains panelling and a chimney piece from Stilton House, Stilton, Cambridgeshire, dated 1701.

The building demonstrably shows two distinct 17th-century building periods; it is possible that the front elevation and side elevation of the cross wing were rebuilt in the late 17th century.