The Manor House

BACTON CHURCH LANE TG 3433 (west side) 9/9 The Manor House G.V. II

Farmhouse. Late C16 with alterations and additions C19. Flint with brick dressings and thatched roof. C16 range runs east-west. South front of 2 storeys. Central C20 door under hood on labels. 3-light C20 casement to right in blocked original doorway. C20 French window to left and 2 small casements. 3 C20 first floor casements in reduced openings. All principal windows with square hoods on labels. Gabled roof. Stepped external west gable stack partly rebuilt but substantially C16. Internal east gable stack with square plinth supporting 3 octagonal bell-based flues. North side dominated by centrally placed 2 storey hipped privy tower, much rebuilt. Pantiled outshuts obscure most of the ground floor, the upper floor pierced by occasional C20 casements amid scars of blocked C16 windows. 2 storey late C19 brick wing added to east, running north-south. Slate roof. Single storey canted bay windows left and right of panelled door. 3 sashes first floor. Gabled roof with internal end stacks. Interior. C19 wing re-uses timber studs. Original wing entered through round arch. Eastern room with chamfered bridging beam terminating in tongue stops. Fireplace with re-used overmantel. Possible remains of dais window in north wall. Centre room with 2-light ovolo mullioned timber window now looking into north outshut. West room with chamfered bridging beams and 3-light ovolo mullioned casement. In room above remains of blocked 4-light ovolo mullioned window. Roof of tie beams and 2 tiers of butt purlins.

Listing NGR: TG3419333639