Manor House

Manor house dating from the 16th century, with extensions added in the 17th and 18th centuries, and restorations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The construction is primarily of coursed rubble, with some dressed rubble, and features Cotswold stone roofs and ashlar chimneys with cornices. The house evolved from an original L-shaped plan, likely built after 1544 for Robert Taylor, to a U-shaped configuration by the mid-17th century with framing wings added for Charles Trinder before 1657. Further wings, including a barn and the north-west boundary wall, were added in the 18th century. In the 19th century, the central section of the north front was filled to create a more rectangular main block. The house is two storeys and has attics. The main block has three bays, while the wings and flanking ranges have two bays each, with the return wings exhibiting less regular fenestration. Mullion windows are present, some with hollow chamfer, and the north-east wing has C18 glazing-bar sash windows within raised, flat surrounds. The north front is characterized by a central gable and flanking hipped roofs behind parapets, reflecting the building’s complex development. The north-east wing displays chamfered quoins, a band above the ground floor, and paired ground-floor windows. A cellar window is visible in the north gable, and the west wall may be a recladding of an earlier structure. The rear elevation features a central attic gable, transomed ground-floor windows, and an altered central entrance. The interior has been extensively altered, with fireplaces of note including a stone segmental pediment overmantel with an eared architrave in the hall, and a wide fireplace in the ground floor of the north-east wing, featuring herm grotesques, a dentil cornice, a swagged garland with a crude mask on a circular tablet, an egg and dart sub-cornice, and space for a looking glass. A 16th-century fireplace with grotesques and strapwork, supported on tapering Ionic piers, exists in a first-floor room in the south-west wing. The interior incorporates a mixture of features, including Ionic columns, Victorian panelling placed without regard to original design, and imported elements. A back staircase on the east side of the main block, with retained newel and a few splat balusters, likely dates from the 17th century. Principal restoration work occurred around 1912, commissioned by Sir Roger Sothern Holland, who significantly altered the layout and landscaping.