Bramshill Manor

Manor house, dating to around 1600, was remodelled in the 20th century and has undergone further 20th-century alterations. It represents the southern portion of a larger building, the rest of which has been demolished, possibly following a fire. The building is constructed of finely jointed ashlar and coursed ironstone rubble. It has a steeply pitched tile roof, stone-coped gables with finials, and stone and brick ridge and end stacks, some of which are replacements. The plan is complex. The house is two storeys plus an attic, and has a three-window front. A 20th-century angled porch with a sloping slate roof sits on the left side of the entrance, alongside a 20th-century window and a fixed light. The first floor features a three-light stone mullioned window with a hood mould and label stop, a blocked squared-headed window, and a three-light metal casement with a wood lintel. The gable-fronted section has a renewed ground floor window with a wood lintel, a three-light mullioned window on the first floor, and a two-light similar attic window, all with hood moulds and label stops. A projecting rectangular one-window section on the right has four-light ovolo-moulded mullions to both ground and first floors. String courses and a parapet are visible, along with a lead rainwater pipe bearing the initials RTD (Richard Thomson, who purchased the manor in 1668). Two blocked doorways are present at first-floor level on the right end of the exterior wall; one doorway has been moved to the left and contains a plank door with a wood lintel, while the other remains blocked. The rear elevation shows three- and five-light stone mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops. A raking-roofed outshut is also present. The interior contains good 16th-century moulded ceiling beams, early 17th-century panelling, and an 18th-century staircase. The house was occupied by the Danvers family in the 17th century, later by Richard Thomson from 1668 until 1718, when it was sold to Sir John Cope.