Rake Court Rake Manor

Rake Manor, also known as Rake Court, is a house that has been significantly extended and divided. It was originally built in 1602 for Henry Bell, who was the Clerk Controller of the Household to James I. The house has undergone several extensions, first by R. Neville in 1880, then by E. Lutyens in 1897, and later by Baillie Scott in 1910 and 1925.

The original part of the house features a timber frame set on a galleted sandstone plinth, with close studding on the ground floor and rendered infill, while the upper part has herringbone brick infill, all under plain tiled roofs. To the right, there are sandstone and brick extensions that are tile hung. The original L-shaped range is located to the left, with additional extensions in the center and to the right.

The house is two storeys high, with stacks located at the rear left of center and at the front right where it meets the tile hung gabled wing, along with some diagonal stacks to the right. The entrance front features a gabled bay at the left end, with one leaded diamond-pane window on each floor. There is a small gabled stair turret in the re-entrant with the wing to the left. The center and right sections have further casement windows, and there is a door to the right located in a recessed court between the main body of the house and the gabled cross wing at the right end. A part-glazed door is situated in the center.

On the left-hand return front, there is a square bay that rises through two storeys on the left, and an angle bay to the right. The rear of the house has projecting gabled end wings with tile hung gables, some of which feature patterned bands. There are tall stacks to the right, with a pentice across the ground floor center and left, and a gabled window to the left of center, along with a door in the center under a timber gable.