Linford Manor

Linford Manor is a country house, now functioning as an Arts Centre, originally built around 1680 and later remodeled around 1720, with an additional south wing from the late 18th century. The building features dressed stone construction with a slate roof, flanking chimneys, stone coped gables, and a moulded stone cornice. The main block is three storeys high with a cellar, while the wings are two storeys.

The west front has five bays with sash windows set in architrave frames, and a central six-panelled door framed by a stone doorcase featuring fluted Corinthian pilasters, sections of entablature, and a broken segmental pediment with a central coat of arms. This entrance is approached by three moulded stone steps. Each two-storey wing has two bays of sash windows, with the left-hand wing featuring a central door.

The east front is two storeys high and includes a central stone pedimented door with a tall semicircular arched window above it, flanked by two sash windows on each side. The lower wings each have two tall sash windows.

Inside, the main part of the house features a staircase, panelling, and chimneypieces dating from around 1720. The south wing contains a ballroom added around 1755, which boasts an enriched cornice and a coved ceiling with plaster decoration. The ballroom also includes a chimneypiece with an elaborately carved overmantel framing a portrait, and a pedimented doorcase with a carved frieze and console brackets.

Historically, the house was built for Sir William Pritchard, a City merchant, and was remodeled by his great nephew Thomas Uthwatt around 1720, with the ballroom added by his nephew Henry.