East Manor House

The East Manor House is a timber-framed house dating back to approximately 1540, with additions from the 16th and 17th centuries. The main range is timber framed on a rendered plinth, with whitewashed render infilling the exposed frame. Some sections have brick cladding at ground floor level, and the roofs are covered in plain tiles. The house has an irregular plan, with the main range facing south, a gabled cross wing fronting the street to the east, and a wing extending north at a right angle. It is two storeys high with attic space within the gables.

The street front features a large gable with a Queen-post truss and diagonal bracing to the first floor. There is a leaded five-light window on the first floor, and a three-light and a two-light window on the ground floor. A stack is located to the left, and a large 17th-century sandstone and brick crow-stepped stack sits at the left end. A single-storey screen wall is positioned to the left of centre, featuring a round arched, ribbed and studded door.

The south-facing return front (the principal front) showcases two storeys, with a jettied first floor supported by a moulded bressumer. There are four framed bays to the left, displaying ogee bracing to the first floor, and three leaded casement windows above. Two small, square bay windows are located below, with an additional window set between them. The gabled bay to the right has one four-light window on each floor. A massive, multiple, corbelled stack rises along the ridge of the rear wing to the left.

The rear of the house projects to form a courtyard, and contains a fine, tall, gabled stair vice with decorative half-circle framing. A ground floor door is located to the right, with a diamond-shaped framed panel above it. The fenestration on the upper floors is irregular and leaded.

Internally, significant quantities of timber framing are visible, along with deep brick fireplaces. Stop-chamfered spinebeams are a feature of the main rooms, and an original spiral central newel stair remains. Wall paintings from the 16th century survive, some on beams and others on canvas attached to the walls. These include fragments of texts and floral patterns.