The Manor House

The Manor House is a house, now sub-divided, dating to the late 16th or early 17th century, with alterations from the late 17th century and an extension in the late 19th century for Septimus Croft. It is partly timber-framed and partly brick built, with plastered or painted brick finishes and steep old red tiled roofs.

The house has a peculiar plan, resulting from a late 17th-century division, unified in the late 19th century through the addition of a new entrance and staircase in the middle. It has an L-shaped plan facing east, with a two-storey timber-framed and brick-cased range to the south. A low, two-storey plastered range extends northwards, creating a picturesque garden front. The south gable is weatherboarded. The front features triple sash windows, a canted brick bay with decorative banded tiling on the roof, sashes, and French doors. The roof continues over a continuation to the right, featuring a large lateral chimney. A brick wing, dating to the 19th century, is located at the end, with pantiles, scalloped and pierced bargeboards, and a canted oriel window.

A two-and-a-half-storey corner block displays English-bond brickwork on the ground floor, while the upper part is timber-framed and lined to resemble ashlar. It has a 19th-century bargeboard and finial, a two-light casement to the attic, and a flush box sash window with 8/8 panes on the first floor. A wide canted bay on the north side features casements, top lights, and French doors, along with a large, many-flued chimney.

Centrally on the east side is a 19th-century, one-storey castellated brick entrance with a gabled wooden porch and a small window to the right with Gothic tracery and dripmould. A gabled dormer, a first-floor sash window, and a segmental bay with glazing bars are present on the 17th-century corner block. Set back on the south side is a projecting chimney to the south wing, likely built to contain the kitchen and service rooms with an unheated range of chambers above.

Inside the northern part of this range is a clasped purlin roof with collars that are chamfered and stopped, and a similar careful finish to the jowled posts. The current staircase was brought from Saffron Walden in the 20th century. A two-panel bolection moulded door leads to the attic, while a plainer 18th-century door with H hinges is found on the ground floor at the northeast. The south part of the south wing (No 35) is brick-faced and two storeys high, with three windows. It features casement windows and a flush-panelled door under segmental arches. It is said to contain an old fireplace inside.