The Manor House School

The Manor House School is an 18th-century manor house, altered and extended in the early 19th century, with more recent additions that are not of special interest. It is constructed of orange handmade brick in Flemish bond, with the south front stuccoed and painted white, and has a red tile roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, comprising a rectangular double-depth house, a rear service wing, and a corner wing which appears to be an addition to the south-east.

The main three-storey block has a symmetrical south facade, featuring prominent semicircular three-bay bows flanking a two-bay central section. The central section has a wide elliptical-headed doorway with glazed double doors, side windows, and a fanlight with radiating glazing bars, all sheltered by a loggia. The loggia features two pairs of fluted Doric columns in antis, a triglyph frieze, and a thin cornice. A balcony extends around the bows as a thin platform supported by brackets, protected by a delicate balustrade of latticed wrought iron. The ground floor of the south facade has tall 15-pane sashed windows in the bows, while the first floor has 12-pane sashes and the upper floor has 9-pane sashes. The upper floor window levels within the left bow do not align with the other windows; the upper panes of the first-floor windows are blind-glazed, and the hipped roof covers only this bow and the centre, suggesting the right-hand bow was added for symmetry.

The left return wall partially incorporates a recent two-storey wing, but the remaining section displays 12- and 9-pane sashed windows with gauged brick heads and a brick dentilled cornise. The right-hand return wall (the entrance front) has a large inserted doorway, a round-headed window above, and a 12-pane sash to the left, also featuring a similar brick cornise. The two-storey, five-bay rear wing primarily has 12-pane sashed windows with gauged brick heads, some of which are blocked or blind.

An L-shaped single-storey service wing is attached to the north-east corner, enclosing a courtyard. Inside, the most significant feature is an imperial staircase with stick balusters.