Bickton Manor Farmhouse

Bickton Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was once a manor house, dating from the late 15th century, with extensions and encasing added in the late 17th century. The building features a timber frame that is encased in brick, with some sections displaying chequerwork, and it has an old plain tile roof. Originally, it was a two-storey house with four bays, but in the late 17th century, it was encased in brick and a three-bay wing was added to one side, creating the current entrance front. This addition includes an attic and a cellar.

The entrance front has five windows, with the right-hand bays being part of the original structure. There are gables over both pairs of outer bays, and a central 20th-century door designed to be sympathetic to the style of the house. Each side features an oculus window set in a square recess, while the left-hand side has a leaded cross window. The other bays contain three 12-pane flush frame sashes. A raised band runs along the first floor, where there is a tall, thin 18-pane flush-frame sash in the center, flanked by two leaded cross-windows on the left and two 2-pane flush-frame sashes on the right. All windows have rubbed arches.

On the second floor, there is a raised band with carved dentils, and the two side gables and the intervening parapet have dentilled coping. The right-hand gable features a kneeler, and the middle of the roof has a central hip-roofed dormer. To the right of the center, there is a large panelled stack, which was originally a side stack for the old part of the house.

The right side of the building has four bays and includes a 17th-century gabled porch with a six-panel door and 12-pane sashes. There is a raised band and dentil eaves on the first floor. The far end of this side reveals exposed timber-frame on a jettied first floor, a 17th-century external stack, and a hipped roof.

Inside the old part of the farmhouse, much of the frame is exposed, showcasing an intact arch-braced roof with cross windbracing. The ground floor features moulded ceiling beams, one of which rests on a moulded corbel over the fireplace. There are stone fireplaces with moulded mantels, extensive late 17th-century plain panelling, panelled doors, and part of a staircase with cut balusters.