Great Budbridge Manor

Great Budbridge Manor is a house that was likely built in 1633 by Sir Robert Dillington. It features a porch that was added in 1688 and underwent some late 19th-century changes to its windows. The house is constructed from Isle of Wight ashlar with a tiled roof and brick chimneystacks. Originally T-shaped, it has early 19th-century extensions and a late 19th-century parallel wing.

The main front has two storeys and attics, with four windows and two brick chimneystacks. There is a central two-storey and attic stone porch with a gable end supported by kneelers. The attic features a two-light stone mullioned window, while the first floor has mainly four-light stone mullioned windows from the 17th century. The ground floor windows are late 19th-century but set in older surrounds. The porch has a two-centred arched head adorned with shields and the date 1688.

At the rear, the T wing is of lower elevation, made of stone rubble with a tiled roof. The first floor has 17th-century mullioned windows, and other windows are 18th-century with cambered heads. There is a two-centred stone archway and two gabled early 19th-century projections, one featuring a clunch wall with brick dressings, alongside the late 19th-century wing at the rear.

Inside, the dining room includes an early 17th-century partition wall made of square framing with wattle and daub infill, two large early 17th-century chambered spine beams with five-inch chamfers and lamb's tongue stops, and a wide brick fireplace. There is also a curious semi-circular blocked window opening. This site has historical significance, first mentioned in 1248 when Henry, son of Odo de Butebridge, donated land to the Abbey of Quarr. Percy Stone suggested that the name "Budbridge" comes from "Butte," an ancient term for a hall or dwelling.