Manely Dunford Including Outbuildings Adjoining To North And West

A house dating from the 16th or early 17th century, with alterations around the mid-19th century. The front is rendered over rubble stone, while the rear has rubble stone and cob construction. The front section has a slate roof, and the rear wing a roof of scantle slates. There are lateral stone rendered stacks on the right-hand side of the cross wing, a 20th-century face brick stack in the ridge near the right-hand end, and another in the left-hand gable end. A projecting chimney is present in the gable end of the rear wing, with the shaft removed and covered with scantle slates.

The house has a single-depth plan, with an entrance now located on the left-hand side. A cross wing projects from the right-hand gable end, both to the front and slightly to the rear. A rear projecting wing is situated near the centre. A single-storey outbuilding runs parallel to the main range at the rear, and a two-storey outbuilding extends to the rear from the left-hand gable end. A courtyard is formed by the outbuildings and the main range, featuring an arcade with large round granite columns.

The south front has two storeys and a regular four-window layout. Steps lead up to a timber plank door, located in the fourth window on the left-hand side. A lean-to is situated in front, with a rendered rubble front, a shuttered timber opening on the left, and a 19th-century stable door on the right, all covered by a corrugated roof. A large 19th-century tripartite sash window, with a segmental head, is positioned near the centre of the main range, featuring four panes in the centre. A 19th-century six-pane sash window is on the ground floor of the projecting right-hand wing. The first floor has three early 20th-century six-pane wood sashes, plus a further 19th-century six-pane sash in the wing.

The rear projecting wing is of 1½ storeys with an attic casement under a sloping roof. A two-storey outbuilding continues to the rear from the left-hand gable end — it has a hipped end on the south and a gable end on the north. A door is located near the centre, with a window in a blocked opening to the right, and another window above. The left-hand room contains a large fireplace, now partly blocked, and the granite floor has been covered over. Ceiling beams are enclosed. The interior has not been inspected. The site was a Domesday Manor, held by Osferth from the Count, as recorded in the Domesday Book for Cornwall.