The Manor House

The Manor House is a manor house situated within its grounds, dating back to the later 15th century. It underwent significant alteration and refenestration in the 16th and 17th centuries, with further restoration occurring in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of dressed and rubble-stone walls with freestone dressings, and has clay-tile roofs, largely rebuilt in the 19th century. It features clustered octagonal stone stacks on the ridge of the east range, at the junction of the north and east ranges, at the west gable end of the north range, and on the south Hall range.

The building is two storeys and attics, with the south range being single-storied. The north range, which serves as the main entrance front, has a courtyard elevation with six windows featuring 2-light, hollow-chamfered stone mullions, dating back to the 19th century. There are no labels on these windows, and they contain 20th-century metal casements with lead lights. Above the gateway is a 2-light, trefoil-cusped window within a square head, featuring a label with head stops. The gateway itself has a continuous bracket moulding and a 4-centred head, with outer gates consisting of 2-leaf plank doors. A moulded ceiling beam is found within the gate passage. A corner door to the range has flush-and-fielded panels and a single top light, also from the 19th century.

The east range’s courtyard elevation presents five windows with 2- and 3-light hollow-chamfered mullions, renewed in the 19th century. Some 16th-century windows are located towards the south end, including a bull's eye window in the upper left corner. A 4-light mullion window illuminates the stairwell bay in the south corner. A doorway, positioned to the right of the centre, has moulded stone jambs and a depressed-arch head, topped with a stopped label. The door is a 2-leaf plank-and-muntin design, made in the 20th century. The east elevation of the east range exhibits irregular 2- and 3-light stone mullions, dating back to the 17th and 19th centuries. A staircase block at the south-east angle rises two storeys, with three two-light mullions and stopped labels. Iron grilles and fixed leaded windows are present.

The Hall range, on the south side, has a single storey with a 2-light mullion-and-transom window, trefoil-cusped and set within a square head. A buttress with two set-offs is located to the right of this window. A blocked doorway is visible, and an entrance with a depressed-arch head, dating back to the 19th century, features wide 2-leaf plank doors. The west wall has a flight of stone steps leading to an upper plank door. The south elevation showcases a 4-light stone mullion window with a depressed-arch head. The east walls of the Drawing Room and Hall have 6-light mullion-and-transom windows.

Inside, the north room of the east range features an open fireplace with a depressed-arch head and straight-chamfered detailing. An overmantel, constructed from a mixture of original and later materials, is present. A deep-chamfered ceiling beam, from the 16th century, has stepped stops. A door within the central lobby has moulded stone jambs and a segmental-pointed head, from the 16th century. The drawing room’s south end has compar- ted, moulded ceiling beams, dating back to the late 16th century, and also contains an open fireplace. Stone stairs within the projecting stairwell provide access to a corridor and a room above the drawing room, both dating to the 16th century. The room above the stairs contains a stone stoup with a pointed head and moulded spandrels.