The Lordship

The Lordship is a manor house dating to circa 1740-45, built of red brick. It incorporates an earlier house from the 16th and early 17th centuries at the rear. The property stands within large grounds, which include a medieval rectangular homestead moat to the east and a large stable block set at a right angle to the northwest. The main block is a two-story, parapeted rectangle with a hipped roof covered in old tiles. A prominent wooden eaves cornice, adorned with modillions, runs along three sides, forming a pediment over the slightly projecting, nine-window centre of the west front. There is a triple-arch Tuscan portico with glazed fans and half-glazed side doors, leading to a fielded six-panel door. The windows are 19th-century casements, with rubbed brick lintels to both floors; recessed panels are visible between floors. An attic window with glazing bars is semi-circular. The south elevation features pilasters at the ends and brick surrounds to the ground floor windows. A gabled, two-and-a-half-story element from the early 17th century extends to the east, featuring an attic window with a Tudor hood mould. The rear elevation comprises two projecting, double-gabled wings. The southern wing is of 16th-century red brick, two-and-a-half stories high, with three-light, leaded casement windows on both the ground and first floors. The return elevation to the north has a deep, dentil and modillion wood cornice that extends upwards on the rear of the main block. A double Tudor chimneystack is present near the junction. The north wing dates from the early 19th century and includes a large ground-floor canted bay and a first-floor canted oriel. A wing was added in 1912 by Sir Reginald Blomfield, constructed of red brick and tiles with a hipped roof and three three-light, casement dormers on the east side. The ground floor features three- and five-light casements. Red brick walls from the 16th century enclose the property on the north and south sides.

The interior contains a staircase from circa 1740-45 in a rectangular hall on the north side, and a contemporary coved cornice in most ground floor rooms. A re-set, mid-17th century, oak staircase with large balusters and strapwork panels is located at the rear centre. The ground floor of the early 17th-century north rear projection features stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. Re-used oak panelling is found in the room above, which also has an early 18th-century bolection moulded fireplace. The house was formerly owned by William Morris, though his interior decoration is no longer present.