Strathwell Manor, North And South

Strathwell Manor, now sub-divided, was built in the early to mid-19th century by the Reverend Olivier Robert, rector of Whitwell. The house occupies the site of, and possibly incorporates elements from, a mid-16th century house. It is constructed of coursed Isle of Wight stone rubble with a tiled roof, clustered white brick stacks, and some terracotta details. The building has a rambling, roughly L-shaped plan with irregular window placement.

It is two storeys high. The north part features two gables with kneelers, four casement windows, and a two-storey, off-centre weather porch with an obtusely pointed doorway containing blank shields. The south part has a gable with kneelers and a saddle stone. The first floor features a two-light lancet window with a stone hood-moulding, while the ground floor has a five-light bay with lancet windows. The right-hand side exhibits an external stone chimney stack, a projecting dormer with a pediment and a lancet window, and a double lancet window under a hood-moulding. To the right of this is a projecting two-storey gable with kneelers, a first-floor two-light lancet, and a ground-floor triple lancet under a hood-moulding. A stone bellcote and a single lancet with a hood-moulding are located on the gable end. The left-hand side includes 2:1 sash windows with horns and a modern door within a lean-to extension.

The interior lounge features a fine oak overmantel dated 1545, displaying four profiled portrait heads, fielded panels, vine leaf tendrils, and carvings of grotesque boar heads in a Flemish or North German style. There are reportedly portraits of the first owner, his wife, son, and daughter-in-law. The first owner was Prince Michael Paleologo Kolnett, great nephew of the last Emperor of the East, Constantine XI Palacologos. He was born in Pesaro in 1506, married Johana Dauntsey at Southampton in 1524, and died at Combley Manor, Arreton (demolished), in October 1551. A will dated 1576 by Princess Johana Paleologo Kolnet bequeaths her son "my mansion house of Strettle which was built and bequeathed to me by my dear lord and husband". The original house remained in the same family until the death of Prince James in 1822. Apart from the overmantel, no other features of the 16th-century house are visible.