Wilby Manor

Wilby Manor is a farmhouse that likely originated as a manor house, dating from the mid-16th century. It features a main range that is slightly set forward to the left of a later parlour cross-wing, which was built in two phases, creating a T-shape plan. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a plaintiled roof that is hipped over both ranges. It has two storeys and includes 20th-century casement windows with small panes. A mid-20th-century glazed entrance door is located on the side of the cross-wing. The main range has an external stack against the rear wall and a later axial stack. Inside, the manor showcases fine exposed framing, with a three-bay hall featuring a moulded cross-beamed ceiling. The three-bay hall chamber has moulded bridging beams, on-edge joists, and one blocked window with cavetto mullions. An early 17th-century partition on the first floor creates a side passage, and above the doorway into the hall chamber is an internal window with ovolo mullions. The original layout of the rest of the main range is unclear, and it may have once extended further to the north.