Manor Farmhouse

Manor Farmhouse is a house dating from the late 13th century, with significant remodelling in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and later additions and alterations. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a gabled stone slate roof. Brick stacks are at the ends and sides of the building, and the rear wing features a 20th-century replacement of a 13th-century conical chimney. The house follows an L-shaped plan, retaining the shell of a medieval hall at the front, with a chamber block in the rear right wing.

The front elevation is two storeys and three windows wide, flanked by gabled projecting bays. Around 1830 stone lintels sit above tripartite sashes, positioned between six-pane sashes. The outer bays are three storeys high and feature moulded string courses and kneelers to the coping. Around 1830 sashes are located on the left side, while a moulded stone doorway has a basket arch and sunk spandrels to an inner porch on the right. This porch has a round arch over a studded door, and 19th-century three-pane sashes set within 17th-century revealed straight-cut architraves with a first-floor label mould. A 20th-century lean-to porch is located to the rear left, along with a late 17th/early 18th-century wooden mullioned and transomed cross window with leaded lights.

An L-shaped wing extends to the rear, incorporating the shell of the 13th-century chamber block to the front. This section has 13th-century leaded casements, while a late 17th-century two-storey block behind the 13th-century stack has a half-hipped roof. A two-storey, single-bay block to the rear features a mid-19th-century canted bay window with sashes, and a 13th-century pointed chamfered lancet window to the left.

The interior features stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, 17th-century plank doors, late 17th-century bolection-panelled doors, and 18th- and 19th-century panelled doors. A bressumer sits over a large open fireplace on the left, while the room to the right has a late 17th-century bolection-moulded architrave to the fireplace, accompanied by a late 17th-century winder staircase to the rear. On the first floor, 18th-century linen cupboards are situated at the top of the stairs. A late 16th-century panelled room is found to the left, with a panelled closet, while a mid-18th-century fireplace is located to the rear left. The rear room of the 13th-century chamber block maintains a heavy tie beam, along with a late 13th-century Caernarvon-arched fireplace with an early 19th-century duck’s-nest grate, and winder stairs to the attic.