Braboeuf Manor

Braboeuf Manor is a manor house that now serves as an administration block for the College of Law. It dates from the late 16th century, around 1590, and features a 19th-century front along with 20th-century extensions to the left and rear. The building has a timber-framed core with a front made of Bargate stone and sandstone dressings, topped with plain tiled roofs. The main range includes a gabled wing at the front left and four gabled wings at right angles to the rear, with extensions set back to the left. It stands two storeys high with attics in the left gable and two gabled casement dormers to the right. There are corbelled end stacks on both sides and additional stacks at the rear. The stone-dressed, mullioned casement windows feature stone transoms on the ground floor. The facade is regular, with three windows on each floor and an extra first-floor window above a projecting, two-storey gabled entrance bay to the left of center. A domed wooden cupola sits above the entrance. The porch has a stone-dressed, chamfered, and moulded arched door surround, with a panelled door behind. A single-storey angle bay window projects from the left end of the extensions. At the rear, there is a two-storey range with arched casement windows and end stacks, along with further 20th-century extensions to the left that are not included in the listing.

Inside, the ground floor rooms feature extensive 17th-century and 20th-century panelling. The ceilings expose chamfered spine beams and joists. Notable interior elements include two impressive 17th-century overmantles above the fireplaces, decorated with strapwork, foliage, and some figure carving. The fireplace in the former library is particularly remarkable, featuring an en gadrooned base over a stone fire surround topped with a triple-arched arcaded design on squat Ionic pilasters and scrolls, supported by squat figures on scroll pedestals. Additionally, there are further panelled and plasterwork ceilings throughout the interior.