Manor Farmhouse

Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was formerly a manor house, dating from around 1530 to 1550, with a fragmentary medieval core and alterations made between 1600 and 1630. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a complex plan that includes a two-cell cross-wing added to a now-fragmentary two-bay open hall, along with a parlour cell in the western re-entrant angle. It is timber-framed and plastered, with exposed framing on the first storey of the south side. The long wall has exposed joist ends and splayed brackets underneath, with close-studding that includes three blocked moulded mullioned windows and another inserted window with diamond mullions. The mid-16th century parapet gables are made of red brick and feature a diaperwork pattern in burnt headers. The crow-stepped gables have moulded brick weathering beneath each step, and the roof is covered with plaintiles, although the rear ranges use concrete plaintiles. The external mid-16th century gable chimneys have twin octagonal moulded shafts that have been reduced to just above plinth level. There are late 19th century three-light casements with transoms, and an early 19th century six-panelled entrance door with an oblong fanlight, accompanied by a mid-20th century flat-roofed porch supported on oak posts.

Inside, both cells of the cross-wing feature moulded beams and joists, lintelled open fireplaces, and high-quality close-studding, with one cell containing a four-centred arched doorway. The open hall retains only a small amount of studwork and the tiebeam from the open truss. In the early 17th century, a rare two-bay block was added to the rear, which originally included an open loggia with large turned baluster shafts that have since been infilled. The room above the loggia was supported by these shafts and features an oriel window that extends along two sides, with ovolo-mullions and transoms, although it is now blocked. Internal panelling with fluted pilasters remains in one part of the room, which has since been subdivided.