Abinger Manor

Abinger Manor is a house originally built in 1688 by John Evelyn and later rebuilt in 1872-1873 by Alfred Waterhouse, using some original materials. The structure features red brown brick with blue-header diapering on the left and plain tiled roofs, with some tile hanging on the first floor to the left. It has an L-shaped plan with a shaped gable on the projecting wing to the left. There are two stacks on the left-hand return front, which have diapered plinths, ribbed shafts, and part-rendered, corbelled tops, along with additional stacks at the rear right and on the right-hand return front of a nearly detached square extension.

The house is two storeys high and includes a Dutch gable to the left, with a plat band edging that rises over the relieving arch of a ground floor window. A terracotta plaque is located in the gable, featuring a brick "E" above it. The first floor has a six-light mullioned and transomed leaded window beneath a drip hood, while the ground floor has a ten-light mullioned and transomed leaded window with a drip board. There is a three-light gabled dormer at the center of the house, with a four-light mullioned and transomed window below it, under a segmental hood and moulded brick eaves. A similar window is found to the right.

To the right of center, there is a two-storey entrance porch with a shaped gable above. The porch features a three-light leaded window on the first floor, a plinth moulding, and a round-arched entrance below. There is also a single-storey range with a half-hipped roof that links to a square addition, which has a hipped roof and is topped with a louvred lantern that has one window on each face. At the rear, there is an angle bay to the right, with the roof sloping down to the center left, and two hipped roof dormers above. The house is situated on a moated site, and a bay tree in the garden is reputed to have been planted by John Evelyn.