Mackerye End

Mackerye End is a large manor house dating to 1665, as indicated by a date plaque on the right gable. The building is constructed of red brick with a plain tile roof. It presents a symmetrical front with projecting wings. A contemporary rear kitchen wing is built in timber frame with red brick infill. The main block is two storeys and attics, with a 1:5:1 window arrangement. The wings feature Holborn gables and large Tudor-style chimney stacks with square bases and three octagonal shafts, the central ones patterned. A central porch has a voussoired brick arch within a square frame, incorporating Doric pilasters and a segmental pediment. The house has a continuous plinth, a floorband, and a moulded brick cornice. The windows have raised brick surrounds and gauged flat lintels. These windows were lowered in the 18th century and now have 19th-century mullioned and transomed casements. Two hipped dormers are located in the centre of the roof. A wooden bell turret, with arched openings, an ogee leaded canopy, a tall finial, and a weathervane is also present.

The north elevation has a blocked doorway leading to the staircase hall, with simple brick pilasters and a pediment. On the south elevation, a gabled porch has a simple arched opening, and an 18th-19th century stone sundial is set into the wall near the front gable.

The rear kitchen wing, located on the south side, is two storeys and attics with a light box frame construction. A large red brick stack on the east side features multiple square shafts in a stepped formation. Two hipped casement dormers are present, along with gabled rear projections. An early 19th-century extension projects towards the south. A late 19th-century rear corridor extension is also present.

Internally, the house was modified in the mid-18th century, resulting in rococo plasterwork in the central and northern ground floor rooms. A central corridor was probably inserted at this time. A significant feature is the 1665 open-well staircase on the north side, characterized by heavy oak turned balusters and Jacobean-style finials.

Red brick garden walls, ranging in height from 2 to 3 metres, with plinths and brick coping, border the front of the house, dating to the 17th century. Terminal 18th-century square piers are also present. The house was documented by Charles Lamb in "Essays of Elia."