The Manor House

The Manor House is a house, now used as a residential home for the elderly, dating to 1722 and 1729. The 1722 date refers to the original flint and carstone construction, while 1729 marks the subsequent brick refacing of the facade. The roofs are covered in black glazed pantiles. The house is two storeys high with a dormer attic. The main front is composed of two elements; the right-hand section has four bays with sash windows retaining glazing bars, set within rendered architraves featuring keystones and aprons. A moulded string course runs along the facade below a fielded parapet. A three-bay block is set back to the left, with two sashes on the ground floor and three on the first. A panelled door is located to the right, set within a fluted surround. Clasping brick pilaster strips are at the corners of both elements. A single bay return connects the two blocks, with a sash window on each floor, and a datestone bearing the date 1729 is set in the parapet. The parapet is continuous across the entire facade. The gabled roofs are hipped to accommodate the set-back bay. Three flat-headed dormers are located in the right-hand block, and two are in the left-hand block, all containing casements with glazing bars. Chimneys are located on the ridge to the left of the centre and at the internal north gable. The rear elevation has an asymmetrical arrangement, with scattered 18th-century sash windows with glazing bars and segmental heads, set within flush timber frames. Brick quoins and window surrounds are present. A gabled roof exists, with two-storey gabled cross wings to the right, featuring two sash windows with glazing bars and segmental heads on the ground floor and two flat-headed sashes on the first floor. The gable heads bifurcate above, with tumbling, and the right-hand gable has a datestone showing the date 1722.