The Old Manor

The Old Manor is a Grade II* listed house located in Sunningwell, dating back to the early 17th century. It features a timber-framed structure with roughcast panels set on a limestone rubble plinth. The first floor is jettied over the ground floor, with framed panels spaced up to 1.5 meters apart. The building has a gabled roof covered with old tiles, and it includes a stone stack on the left end, along with mid-19th century brick and large 17th century brick ridge stacks.

The layout consists of a three-unit plan with a through-passage and four windows across the front. A square-headed doorway, located to the left of center, is framed by a stepped ovolo-moulded architrave with urn stops. The windows include 19th century mullioned casements with two, three, and four lights, as well as a 20th century window to the right. At the rear, there is a similar architrave for the through-passage door and a 17th century three-light wood-mullioned window with leaded diamond panes, along with a 17th century dairy outshut. The rear right wing, constructed in the later 17th century with similar materials, features 19th century brick repairs and a 17th century four-light casement, as well as an 18th century two-light leaded casement.

Inside, there is a 17th century panelled door leading to an early 17th century panelled room, which has debased fluted Ionic pilasters on the right. The central hall showcases quartered and stop-chamfered beams, along with a chamfered bressumer above an open fireplace that includes a spice cupboard. The through-passage has timber-framed partitions and a stepped ovolo-moulded architrave with urn stops leading to the hall door. The room on the left features a stop-chamfered beam and a chamfered bressumer over an open fireplace. On the first floor, there are two timber-framed partitions with chamfered doorframes. The attic has a collar-truss roof with clasped purlins and windbraces, and a closed truss with some remaining wattle and daub panels separates the main roof from an early 17th century smoke bay on the left, which is heavily smoke-blackened. The rear wing includes newel stairs leading to the attic.