Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1951. Farmhouse.
Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- floating-string-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century, with extensions added in the 17th century and a refacing that occurred in the late 18th century. The original timber frame has largely been replaced with brick, and it features a black pantile roof. The west facade has a central two-storey porch and a later service wing at the rear, creating a T-shaped layout. The building has two storeys and a disused attic.
The porch includes a painted eared architrave and a moulded brick pediment above a segmentally arched entrance, which has a modern two-leaf door. Above the entrance is a large painted sundial with a blade gnomon, which bears the date 1671, possibly indicating the date of the porch's construction. There is a single angled chimney shaft on the porch gable. The north side has a sash window with glazing bars, while the south side has a blocked original window. The facade consists of five bays of sash windows with glazing bars set beneath skewback arches, and there are two 18th-century lead downpipes with hoppers. The early 19th-century projecting eaves are supported by paired brackets.
The gable ends from the 17th century feature stacks, each with three angled interconnecting shafts, and there is an off-centre axial stack with a rebuilt shaft. The rear service wing, added in the 19th century, has four cast iron casement windows with small panes.
Inside, the farmhouse retains some original features, including surviving joists, ties, and wall posts from the timber frame. The steeply pitched 18th-century roof includes collars and two sets of wedge-tenoned butt purlins, along with one surviving principal rafter from the original roof, which has a former collar and butt-purlins. There is a winding stair that leads from the first floor to the attic, and some oak panelling has been repositioned within the interior.
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