Little Manor And Attached Wall

Little Manor is a substantial house, possibly a manor house, dating from the early 17th century or earlier, with extensions added in the late 17th century, 19th century, and 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared marlstone with wooden lintels, topped with a roof of Stonesfield slate and plain tiles, featuring stone and brick stacks. Originally a two-unit plan, it has been extended to three units with added rear wings. The house is two storeys plus an attic, with a four-window front. The two bays on the right are earlier and have a low chamfered plinth; the right bay has renewed casements, while the left bay retains 2-light leaded casements on both floors. The added left unit has a higher plinth and features two leaded 2-light casements on each floor, along with a doorway next to the older section. The roof has gable parapets with moulded projecting kneelers, stone-based stacks positioned to the right of centre and at both gables, and includes three small 2-light roof dormers. The 19th and 20th-century wings extend from both ends of the range, with the right wing in stone and gable parapets, and the left in painted brick.

Inside, the central room features two cross beams with heavy chamfers and stops, along with an open fireplace that has a chamfered bressumer. The room above has intersecting stop-chamfered beams forming six ceiling sections and includes a chamber fireplace. The earlier section of the roof has a diagonal ridge beam and stop-chamfered butt purlins, which may be reused.

To the right of the house, a gateway and a short length of wall connect to a 17th or early 18th-century section of the boundary wall on Horn Hill Road, which extends approximately 60 metres to the south from a 20th-century gable. This rubble wall is about 2 metres high, has a stone-and-cement coping, and incorporates a re-set pointed-arched doorway in a chamfered stone surround with bar stops, possibly medieval in origin; the plank door features ancient reused hinges. The house is reputed to have been the manor house of the estate held by the Doyley family.