Olde Manor Cottages The Old Manor House

The Old Manor House, now divided into several cottages, dates back to the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. The construction is a mix of close-studded timber framing with plaster infilling, a brick ground floor to the front elevation, and a plain tile roof. The building originally comprised a hall and cross-wings.

The left wing, known as The Old Manor House itself, was constructed in the mid-16th century. It is two storeys high, with an underbuilt jetty and a hipped roof with a gablet, representing a truncated appearance. The central section, now No. 1 Olde Manor Cottages, dates from the 15th century and has a steeply pitched roof. It is approximately one and a half timber-framed bays long. The right wing, incorporating Nos. 2 and 3 Olde Manor Cottages, is five bays long; the front two bays date to the early 17th century, while the rear three are considerably older. The right wing is jettied with a moulded bressumer, gabled to the street.

Five stacks are present: one towards the centre of the left wing, one at the left end of the central section within the roof slope, one centrally placed at the rear of the central section, one on the ridge of the right wing near its junction with the central section, and another on the ridge towards the rear of the right wing. The windows are generally irregular, with 3-light leaded casements on the first floor, including one within a close-studded gabled dormer on the central section and another on the right wing featuring small ovolo-moulded mullions and 17th-century catches. Below these, ground-floor casements are present on the left wing and central section, while a bracketted bay window with a small ovolo-moulded mullion window is situated to the right wing. A 2-light garret casement is also found on the right wing. Ribbed doors provide access to Nos. 1 and 2 Olde Manor Cottages at the junction of the central and right wings.

The central section retains a cross-passage at its left end, featuring a 2-centred-arched doorhead that provides access to a rear yard. The left wing exhibits a bracketted jetty on its side elevation and retains a dragon post with a moulded capital. This elevation contains irregular leaded casements and three diamond mullion windows: one on the ground floor to the left end, one above it on the first floor, and another above the ground floor window. A ribbed door is located at the right end.

Internally, the right wing features a 4-centred arched doorhead with hollow spandrels leading from the centre of the cross-passage, a ground-floor room with heavily moulded beams and a stone and plaster fireplace, and a plain crown-post roof. Exposed posts and beams are visible throughout all three sections. No. 3 Olde Manor Cottages, located in the rear section of the right cross-wing and not visible from the road, has a 15th or 16th-century west elevation. This section is timber-framed, with a brick ground floor and rendered first floor, and a plain tile roof. It is approximately one timber-framed bay long, with a small 2-light casement near the junction with No. 2 and a 20th-century 3-light ground floor casement. A 20th-century plank door is set within a single-storey lean-to at the left end. The interior of No. 3 Olde Manor Cottages was not inspected.