Numbers 1 And 2 Manor Farm Cottages

Numbers 1 and 2 Manor Farm Cottages are a house divided into two dwellings, dating from around the late 15th or early 16th century. The building was remodelled in the early 17th century, with further alterations in the 18th/19th centuries and the 20th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with a pantile roof featuring gabled ends. Axial stacks built of ashlar with cornices are a prominent feature.

The original long range was remodelled in the early 17th century. Number 2, on the west side, represents the core of the late medieval house, possessing a three-room and through-passage plan created during this early 17th-century remodelling. An axial stack was inserted into the hall at this time, backing onto the cross-passage. It’s unclear whether the ends of the house were originally floored, but the east end of Number 2 has a gable-end fireplace that is back-to-back with a fireplace in the addition built on the east side (Number 1) around the same time. This addition consists of one room in the front range and a single-room wing to the south. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the building was converted into cottages, and later, in the 20th century, it was divided into the two separate dwellings it is today, with Number 1 occupying the 17th-century addition and a 20th-century extension to the rear, and Number 2 occupying the original medieval house.

The north front presents as asymmetrical with six windows. It features small 2 and 3-light casements from the 19th and 20th centuries, with some glazing bars and timber lintels. Number 2 has a 19th-century ashlar porch extended in the 20th century, and an outshut (a small, recessed extension) at the west end. Number 1 has a 19th-century ashlar porch on its east gable end, and a gable-ended wing to the rear that was extended in the 20th century. The rear (south) elevation of Number 2 has raised eaves constructed of brick, along with various casements. Two 17th-century 2 and 3-light wooden mullion windows with chamfered frames are also present on this elevation.

Inside Number 1, the rooms are characterised by deeply chamfered cross-beams, with the front range displaying cyma stops (a curved profile) and the rear wing having straight-cut stops. A large fireplace with a replaced bressumer (a beam above a fireplace) and winder stairs (stairs that narrow) with a stick balustrade at the top are also present. The first floor features a 17th-century chamfered doorframe to a rear chamber, with cyma-and-bar stops and a plank door. A 17th-century collar truss (a roof truss with a central beam) with threaded purlins (horizontal timbers supporting the roof) and common-rafters (sloping roof timbers) is visible on the rear pitch. Number 2 has a large hall fireplace, with a cranked and chamfered timber bressummer and an integral moulded shelf. A plastered partition separates the hall and inner room. The kitchen displays a roughly chamfered cross-beam and a large blocked fireplace with a timber bressummer. A central axial stack is built up beneath a smoke-blackened roof truss, with similar trusses likely existing over the low end and the high end of the house. Common rafters have been replaced.