Little Manor

Little Manor is a former farmhouse located on Thorndon Thwaite Road, dating from the first half of the 16th century with alterations from the early 17th century. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a pantiled roof. It stands two storeys high with an attic and features a continuous jetty at the front. The structure has a three-cell form with a later rear service wing to the left. There are five windows, which include late 19th-century coupled four-pane and single six-paned sashes. The lobby entrance has a 19th-century half-glazed door.

Inside, there is an internal stack with two detached sawtooth-pattern shafts, one of which has been rebuilt, and linked caps. An external stack on the left gable end is made of brick and is dated 1828. The rear wing has brackets at the ends of the wallplates, though these are concealed by a later addition. Some notable framing is visible internally, particularly the close-studded former outside wall, which is now within a later rear addition and features herringbone brick nogging. This nogging shows signs of original colourwashing and the lining of the joints.

The rear wall contains two original windows with chamfered mullions and one ovolo-mullioned window from around 1600, which retains early leaded glass. The hall features an axial bridging beam and closely spaced chamfered joists, with no evidence of a studded partition between the hall and service end. There is evidence of a partial axial partition within the service area. The parlour boasts a well-preserved four-division panelled plaster ceiling from the early 17th century, along with the remains of a contemporary fireplace featuring a wide depressed brick arch. A wide segmental-arched keyed opening with reeded jambs in the rear wall of the parlour leads into an 18th-century addition.

The roof over the hall and service end is of clasped purlin construction with arched wind braces. Over the parlour, the roof has been replaced with one of early 17th-century butt purlin form, reusing the 16th-century rafters turned over. The rear wing retains some heavy 16th-century framing but has been partially rebuilt, possibly to increase its width, and features a roof of butt purlin form with a ridge piece, likely from around 1700.