Greathed Manor

Greathed Manor is a country house built between 1862 and 1868 by Robert Kerr. The building features coursed wealdstone with ashlar dressings and has slate roofs of varying types, including some hipped roofs, along with tall stone stacks adorned with corbels. The house has an asymmetrical and rambling plan, comprising three storeys with a four-stage section to the right of the entrance.

The entrance front showcases several principal features, including a tower on the right with a pierced guilloche balustrade, large bracketed eaves, and a stone mosaic inlay at the top stage. There is a stone mullioned and transomed window at the third stage, along with a square date panel inscribed "Ford 1862" decorated with floral motifs. To the left, an angle bay is situated beneath a dormer and pavilion roof, while a shaped roundel gable on the left displays strapwork with a Coat of Arms. A large Dutch gabled bay rises through two floors, with an angle bay below it. The centre of the front has a break that features a square bay with a steep gable over a five-light window, which projects over a coved support. Further to the left, a bay is set back with a thick projecting cornice over the second floor, while another square bay breaks forward to the left with an angle bay on the ground floor. The left end of the building has a further break forward with a French pavilion roof. There is also a two-storey range attached and set back on the left end, which encloses a small courtyard.

The garden front presents a similarly long and rambling composition, featuring shaped gable bays, an ogee dome, and a turret to the left of centre, along with an apsidal end to the dining room that projects on the ground floor to the right of centre.

Inside, some panelling remains in the ground floor room at the rear left, with a ceiling that has random moulded panels and twisted columns surrounding the fireplace. Robert Kerr was a significant house designer in the mid to late 19th century and authored "The English Gentlemen's House."