Pynchfield Manor

Pynchfield Manor is a house that dates from the late 15th century or early 16th century. It was floored in the 17th century, cased and extended in the 18th century, and further extended in the 19th century. The structure features a timber frame with red brick nogging and casing, along with red and stock brick additions and some areas of cement rendering. The roofs are tiled, with some sections covered in slate.

Originally, the building had a two-bay open hall with a four-bay cross wing, forming a T shape in plan. It is now all two storeys high. The hall is located to the right, with the entrance positioned in the original through passage location. The 18th-century brick front includes a tall cross casement window with a cambered head on the ground floor to the right, and features dentilled brick eaves and two gabled dormers. An early stack is situated between the hall bays, with rendered diagonal shafts. The gabled jettied cross wing projects to the left, showcasing exposed framing, large panels, and scantling. The first floor has a jetty supported by curved brackets, while the ground floor has an added canted bay and a rendered first floor with a two-light casement.

The right return of the hall features a French window with a cambered head, a rendered gable with a two-light casement, and to the rear is an 18th or early 19th-century brick wing with a taller ridge and two bays. This section has ground floor French windows with cambered heads, dentilled brick eaves, and two half dormers with two-light casements. The rear includes a ground floor canted bay and a projecting rendered first floor with a three-light casement. The rear gable end of the cross wing has a massive original external stack with burnt brick diapering and multiple offsets, along with two rebuilt diagonal shafts.

The left return of the cross wing features a 19th-century stack with an offset, a ground floor three-light casement, and first floor glazing bar sashes. Extending to the left and set back is a 19th-century stock brick range with two bays, a taller ridge, sashes and casements, and an extruded gable end stack. Further extending is a one-storey outbuilding with a slate roof and two gables.

Inside, the manor includes cusped blind arcaded panels over the hall fireplace lintel and a blocked chamfered arched window in the front wall. The ground floor has stop-chamfered binding beams, and the roof features cambered tie beams that were originally supported by crown posts.