Manor House

Manor House is a house dating from the 1820s, built for W B Bull, with later work around 1850 for J Sheppard, and 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of yellow brick, with hipped slate roofs and yellow brick stacks. The house is two storeys high, with a lower ground floor and basement, and consists of two parallel blocks running along a northwest-southeast axis. The northeastern 1-bay range was built around 1850 and likely covered the original lateral entrance. The southwestern 2-bay range originally had an offset forward wing of two rooms, most of which was demolished in the late 1960s.

The main entrance is a panelled door, raised over four steps and set in an external porch with a fanlight and arched feature above. A stair window with a small door is to the left, and a twelve-pane sash window to each floor is to the right, the upper sash having been replaced. There is a plat band between the first and second floors, and deep oversailing eaves with modillions. The roof is hipped, with a lateral stack on the right and one to the ridge between the left-hand bays.

At the rear, the northeastern range (on the left) projects as a wing and has broad, banded pilasters. It features a stone-mullioned tripartite window to the ground floor, with sashes of 4, 12, and 4 panes, and a 12-pane sash above. A large, late 20th-century conservatory spans two bays on the right, also with 12-pane sashes above.

Inside, the entrance leads to a through hall paved with stone slabs. A lateral door, likely the original entrance, leads to the stair hall. This hall contains a fine open-well staircase with stick balusters, a mahogany rail, and scrolled step brackets. The dining room is at the rear of the southwestern range and has a white marble fireplace in a Regency style, with an anthemion frieze and cornice. The sitting room has a Carrara marble fire surround and an iron grate, along with a moulded cornice. The large drawing room in the added section is accessible through a two-panelled door and features a large tripartite sash window to the rear with shutters sliding from wall pockets, along with a veined black marble fireplace. Deep moulded skirtings are also present. An office at the front of this block has a marble fireplace and folding shutters. The basement is accessed via a groin-vaulted cross passage, leading to a kitchen beneath the dining room, alongside offices, a wine cellar, and staff accommodation.

The building was previously known as Cedar Holm and has been referred to as the Manor House since before around 1923.