The Manor House

The Manor House is a country house dating back to the early 18th century, with extensions built around 1730. The central block and the extensions to the left and right are constructed using different brick bonds. The central and left blocks are of Flemish bond dark brick, with red brick quoins and dressings. Limestone dressings are used for the pediment and parapet course, while the roof is slate and brick stacks are visible. The house has a double-depth plan, and the main front presents a two-storey, five-window range with a pedimented central three-bay section to the left block. Steps lead to the central entrance, flanked by limestone ashlar walls that curve around to low piers topped with carved figures of a lion and a unicorn. The front door is a six-panelled design set within a pedimented doorway with a Gibbs surround. The windows are predominantly early 19th-century sashes with brass glazing bars, set within segmental arches with limestone keyblocks. The left side wall features a lunette within the tympanum and a canted bay window to the left. A Venetian window is located above the rear doors. The central block has a four-window range with similar segmental arches and late 19th-century horned sashes; the central sash originally accommodated the front door. A hipped roof and end and internal stacks are present.

The interior of the central block has been significantly altered around 1970. The plan form has been changed, but original 18th-century six-panelled doors remain. The ground floor fireplaces are recent replacements, whereas mid-18th-century fireplaces are found in the front and rear left rooms on the first floor. There is a substantial amount of restored Bolection-moulded panelling, as well as a semi-circular archway with a panelled intrados to the rear wall of the front centre room. Mid-18th-century panelling is present in the front left and centre rooms. An open-well staircase, dating from around 1730, has turned balusters and a late 19th-century banister. A panelled dado is set above the wall string. An early 18th-century dog-leg staircase leads to the rear right. Decoration on the left wall adjoining the stairs is early 18th-century and features a repetitive pattern with a figure in an oriental style. The block to the right is built with random bond brick, flared headers, limestone dressings for the pediment, and a slate roof. This section has a single-storey, three-window range with segmental arches and limestone keyblocks over early 19th-century sashes; the central bay is pedimented with a lunette in the tympanum. A late 19th-century block is situated at the rear, alongside stables and a coach-house, dating to 1897, which is attached to the right wall.