Mendlesham Manor

Mendlesham Manor is a former farmhouse, dating to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with a probable 16th-century wing to the rear on the right. It was extensively restored and extended to the rear in the early 20th century. The house is timber-framed with much-renewed exposed studding, and has a plaintiled roof, except for the outer slope of the rear wing which is pantiled. It originally comprised three cells in the front range. The front range is two storeys and has an attic. Early 20th-century casement windows are found throughout, with square-leaded glass; those in the central cell are flanked by mostly original ovolo-moulded mullioned windows. A reproduction plank door is set in a 4-centre arched opening with carved spandrels and a mullioned overlight. A gabled two-light dormer window is present. Two stacks are against the rear wall. The left gable end has early 20th-century bargeboards with a vine trail carving. The two-storey rear wing has some glazed-over diamond-mullioned windows and an internal stack.

The interior has been considerably altered. A room to the right of the entrance has a high chamfered-joist ceiling. The opposite room features fine, complete early 18th-century panelling with a moulded cornice. A contemporary bolection-moulded fireplace retains its overpanel and flanking drops of fruit and flowers, along with a corner cupboard with a pierced keyed 3-centre arched head and pierced work to the jambs. An arched stuccoed upper fireplace is also present. Upper doorways have early 19th-century reeded surrounds. The rear wing features plain studding and ceiling joists. Several good 16th-17th-century doors, some with linenfold panels, and first-floor panelled partitions are incorporated, all brought from elsewhere in the early 20th century. The house was formerly known as Park Farmhouse and in the 19th century as Homerfield Hall.