The Old Manor House

The Old Manor House is a house dating from the mid to late 16th century, with alterations and extensions in the late 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is constructed of timber frame with brick additions, all rendered with roughcast, and has tiled roofs. The original layout comprised three large bays, intended as a hall, parlour and service area.

In the late 17th century, a porch and stack were added to create a lobby entrance between the parlour and hall, a bay window was added to the hall, and a separate kitchen/brewhouse was built to the rear. The C17 porch, positioned to the left of the centre of the front, has a gabled design with square moulded balusters on its returns and a moulded tie beam. The parlour to the left has three-light flush frame casements with diamond-leaded panes. To the right is a two-storey, shallow, C17 canted bay window with a brick base; the ground floor has ovolo-moulded timber mullions and a transom, with 16 leaded lights, while the first floor has a similar eight-light mullioned window. A small single-light window sits above the porch. A C17 gable is positioned above the canted bay window. A C19 rebuild of the C17 stack, featuring clustered diagonal shafts, is visible on the ridge behind the entrance.

The house has two broad gabled ends: the left-hand side has ground-floor French windows and projecting rectangular bay windows, while the first floor has two-light diamond-pane casements, all with C19 hood moulds. A C19 stack with three diagonally set shafts is located to the rear right. A C19 or C20 single-storey flat-roofed addition is attached to the rear right, with an entrance on its right end, a gabled open porch, and a two-light casement. This links to a C17 kitchen/brewhouse extending to the rear right, which includes a rebuilt end stack and two, three and four-light casements to the rear. A C19 gabled block extends to the rear left, and a C20 gabled block extends to the rear centre. A lean-to outshut is situated to the rear of the lobby entrance.

Inside, the hall ceiling features floral plasterwork and chamfered bearers. Notable structural features include exposed timber frame of large scantling with jowled posts, cambered tie beams, braces in the walling, and a clasped purlin roof. Some C17 or C18 panelling is also present. The parlour fireplace is dated 1657.