Freshford Manor

Freshford Manor is a manor house dating from the early 18th century, with alterations and extensions made in the late 18th to early 19th centuries and again in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of ashlar and features a Cotswold stone slate roof that is hipped to the southwest, along with a parapet and a moulded cornice.

The entrance elevation faces southwest and consists of two storeys and attics with pedimented dormers. To the right, there is a panelled end pilaster and a string course. The facade has five bays with 18-pane glazing bar sash windows set in bolection moulded surrounds that rise to a coved cornice; two of the windows on the right are blocked, and there are panelled aprons beneath the windows. The central entrance features a six-panelled door and a projecting porch supported by Tuscan columns with a plain entablature. To the left, there is an early 19th-century extension that includes a two-storey canted bay.

The garden elevation, which is from the early 19th century, has a central block of three storeys flanked by two-storey wings that end in bow windows, arranged in a 3:1:2:1:3 bay configuration. The windows are also glazing bar sash windows, with French windows in the centre four ground floor openings. There are plat bands and cill bands at the bow windows. To the right, there is a large attached conservatory from the mid-19th century.

The northwest elevation retains some features from the early 18th century, although it has been largely altered by later additions, including a central single-storey section with an embattled parapet. Inside, there is notable plasterwork and ceilings, primarily from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, as well as an open-well staircase with square balusters, also from the early 20th century. The early 18th-century section of the house bears a resemblance to General Wolfe's house and St. John's Place, which was designed by Killigrew, both located in Bath.