Old Manor Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Dated 1638. Constructed of brick, without roof covering. It has a T-shaped plan and stands two storeys and an attic high. The west front has a plinth course and a roll-moulded set-off at first floor level. A large, stepped external chimney stack is located centrally on the front, bifurcating at its base to form an arched recess, with the first floor set-off continuing around the stack. A moulded set-off also exists above the eaves line, interrupted by a 20th-century corbelled flue, which finishes with a moulded cornice below four diamond flues topped with 20th-century chimney pots. The stack is gabled back to the main roof slope. To the left of the stack there is one window on each floor. The first floor set-off continues onto the north and south returns with a further roll-moulded string course at the eaves line. The north gable features one blocked window on each floor and a window opening to the attic. The south gable has a blocked ground floor window to the left of a plain timber door case. A surviving cross casement window at first floor level is in a reduced opening below a moulded hood on labels. In the apex of the gable, a recessed plaque beneath a hood mould with labels bears the numerals "1638 F C B" and a four-petalled flower motif. A cross wing extends to the east, with a gabled design and two storeys. The south face of the wing is highly altered. The north face has a blocked doorway. Two windows are present on the first floor. The east gable features a blocked window on the ground floor and a three-light casement window on the first floor. The interior is gutted, with no divisions between rooms. There are four-centred hollow chamfered fireplaces in the west walls of the south ground floor and first floor rooms. The north ground floor fireplace has been destroyed, with the first floor retaining the same features, but with additional punched spandrel decoration. Two chamfered and jewel-stopped bridging beams and double roll-moulded joists are present. Within the cross wing, two bridging beams dating from around 1500 are re-used, featuring multiple rolls and a foliate ribbon motif on the lower face. First-floor bridging beams are chamfered and jewel-stopped. The roof structure comprises principals, collars, and clasped purlins, with many timbers recently replaced.