Bentley Manor

Bentley Manor, formerly known as Church House, is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier for its rear range, with front ranges added in the 19th century. The rear range is timber framed, while the front range is faced with red brick. The building features red plain tiled roofs and stands two storeys tall. The front range has a left bay with two gables to the right, which are adorned with curved and pierced bargeboards and pendants. There is a pilaster to the left and a window arrangement of 1:2:1, consisting of vertically sliding sashes with glazing bars and horns. The windows have plastered gauged arches with keystones, and there are tripartite windows on the ground floor to the right and left. A central recessed porch has a plastered depressed archway with imposts and a keystone, along with sidelights and a top light above the door. The original rear range features a parapet verge to the gable and has two red brick chimney stacks at the rear of the gables. Inside, the front range includes a stick baluster staircase and an early 19th-century cast iron fire surround in a bedroom, along with moulded surrounds to the doors. The rear range displays large stop-chamfered bridging joists, wall studs, a top plate, and a 16th-century chamfered four-centre arched red brick fireplace on the ground floor.