Manor Farm Cottage

Manor Farm Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house, dating from the early 17th century. The left bay and the rear are constructed from flint rubble with 17th-century brick dressings, while the right bay is made of late 18th-century English bond brick. The building features a gabled roof covered with old tiles and has a brick ridge stack. It has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high with a two-window range. The window openings on the left were widened and deepened in the 19th century. There are segmental brick arches over a 20th-century door to the right and 2-light casements; 20th-century timber lintels are above the 20th-century first-floor casements. A 2-light leaded casement is located at the rear. Inside, there are jowled posts at the rear and chamfered beams with stops. The chamfered fireplace on the left features fine plasterwork in the overmantle, depicting fleur-de-lys and bees set in a moulded surround and flanked by Ionic pilasters. A similar overmantle is found over the fireplace on the first floor to the left. The roof has not been inspected. This cottage is a rare example of surviving plasterwork at a vernacular level.