The Manor House

The Manor House is a house dating to the late 17th century, situated on the north side of Hartford Church Street. It is a building of group value, recognised for its significant architectural and historical interest. The house is principally constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with Flemish bond brickwork to the rear left and the left side of a rear wing. The roof is covered with stone slates, and it features a limestone ashlar stack with a moulded cap. The design is an L-shape, with a five-window front. A porch with double-leaf doors, supported by plain limestone columns, is positioned on the right-hand side. The ground floor windows have flat stone arches, while those on the first floor are late 19th-century horned sashes with timber lintels. A late 18th-century brick parapet and rainwater goods complete the exterior.

The rear wall to the right features two early 18th-century sashes with thick glazing bars, and three two-light wood cross windows. The rear half of this wall has two cross gables with a gable end stack. A wall to the rear left comprises a four-window range of blocked windows, along with two sashes. This wall exhibits vitrified brick walling with contrasting red brick dressings, including a moulded gauged brick plinth, string course, and dentilled cornice. A rear wing to the left side is in a similar style, with a five-window range of sashes, one of which has been altered with an inserted door and moulded brick plinth and gauged brick. Floating cornices are above all the sashes, and a gabled roof extends across it, with a gable end stack.

Inside, the house retains original panelled shutters and two-panelled doors. The front rooms have original panelling, moulded cornices, and early 20th-century fireplaces. The staircase entrance features three semi-circular, keyed arches with moulded imposts and panelled reveals, leading to a dog-leg staircase with a turned balustrade on a closed string, which continues as a panelled dado to the first floor. The landing at the top of the stairs has a moulded plaster cornice. A further dog-leg staircase with winders is located to the right of the front, and a straight-flight staircase leads to the rear right. The roof trusses are concealed by lath and plaster. Throughout the house, original moulded cornices remain, and original panelling from cupboards is visible, although obscured by later partitions.

Attached to the gable wall of the rear wing is a late 17th-century brewhouse, remodelled in the early 19th century. The brewhouse is a single-storey structure with an attic, built from coursed limestone rubble and brick (with early 19th-century brick to the left side wall), and has a stone slate roof, with older tile roofing to part of the right side. It also features a brick stack and a gabled roof. The interior includes a stone open fireplace and an 18th-century plank door leading to a quarter-turn staircase to the loft. The 5-bay roof is mostly obscured.