Barkham Manor

Barkham Manor is a manor house and stables, now a large house with associated stables and staff accommodation, situated on a moated site, parts of which remain. The building was constructed in the 17th century, with additions and alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries and subsequent modifications in the 20th century.

The building is constructed of brick, with a mix of old tile gabled and hipped slate roofing. It has an irregular plan and several chimneys. Most windows are sash windows with glazing bars, set within rubbed brick arches.

The east front features a projecting three-bay section from the late 18th century, with walls rising to a plain parapet with stone coping; it has tall windows, two of which are blocked on the ground floor. To the left is a five-bay wing with an old tile roof. An angle projection, added in the late 20th century, incorporates a closed porch with a six-panelled double door, an arched radiating fanlight, fluted pilasters, and a semi-circular moulded hood supported on carved console brackets. A semi-circular headed niche containing a stone female figure is set into the adjacent wall. Within this porch is a six-panelled door, featuring a radiating, wreathed and concentric fanlight of wrought iron and cast lead. The north front has flanking slight projections, one with a two-storey angular bay, the other with two bays. The centre bay features an arched staircase window.

The interior has been altered but retains an 18th-century staircase with square newels, turned balusters, and a moulded handrail, as well as moulded tread ends. Historically, the building is associated with Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington, and John Walter. To the south of the main house is a stables court and staff accommodation constructed of brick with hipped and gabled slate roofs; it forms an L-plan and is enclosed by a high brick wall, which is listed separately.