Hawley Manor

Hawley Manor is a house that features elements from the 18th century but is primarily mid-19th century and dates from 1919. The earlier structure was first recorded in 1485 and was rebuilt after a fire in 1650, but it was gutted by fire again and mostly rebuilt in 1919. The main front part of the house is from around 1919 and is two storeys high, pebbledashed with a red brick plinth. It has a half-hipped tiled roof with one four-light dormer. There is a projecting wing with a tile-hung gable that has an oval window at the end. The windows are either mullioned or have both mullions and transoms. A quadrant turret is located at the angle of the left side, featuring a flat roof and a hipped tiled porch supported by oak posts with leaded lights.

To the southeast, there is a two-storey section built around 1855, made of yellow brick, which has a stone pediment with brick infill, three sash windows, and a rendered plinth. Attached to this section is another wing known as the studio, also from around 1855, constructed of stock brick with a tile-hung gable and wooden mullioned and transomed casement windows. This 1855 wing and the studio were built for the Victorian painter Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA, who lived at Hawley Manor for many years.

Inside the 1919 part of the house, there is a first-floor fireplace dating from around 1770 that was salvaged from the older structure. This fireplace features engaged columns and medallions depicting a reclining female figure along with two cherubs—one holding a globe and the other a telescope and books. The ground floor has a mid-19th century marble fireplace with a reclining woman and cherub, as well as fruit in the corners. The house is notable for its remnants of the earlier structure and its historical significance as the residence and studio of Sir William Quiller Orchardson RA.