The Manor House And Attached Walls North And South

The Manor House, with attached north and south walls, is a substantial building dating back to the 15th century, situated within its own grounds. The original core comprises a hall with a porch and oriel, partially rebuilt in the 16th century, along with a north parlour and a south cross-wing. Further 16th-century infill and rebuilding occurred between the porch and oriel. A late 16th-century extension was added to the south range, with shorter wings to balance the eastern range. Additional features from the late 16th century include an extension at the north-west corner, off the parlour. The 19th century saw the addition of a porch, a screens-passage, as well as interior alterations, with more recent changes made in the 20th century.

The house is constructed of rubble-stone walls with ashlar dressings, covered by stone-slate roofs featuring stone gable-copings. Stone stacks with cornices are present on the south-east gable and ridge, the oriel gable, and on the south wings, while brick stacks are found on the parlour gable and the ridge of the south range towards the west end.

The east elevation, two storeys high, features five windows, including a canted oriel. The south-east gable-end, facing the lane, displays weathered buttressing and a canted oriel with two trefoil-cusped lights to the front, each cant having its own label. Plain shields are set within the cusped panels below the cill, accentuated by moulded corbelling. A gabled porch has an outer archway with a four-centred head and a label over. A four-light hollow-chamfered mullion window sits above a C20 door, which is accompanied by a two-light window. The oriel itself has a four-light hollow-chamfered mullion window on both the ground and first floors, each with a separate label. A six-light mullion window and a four-light window are visible on the parlour floor, the ground floor window having a label. Iron casements with lead lights are present throughout. The north gable end features a stack embrasure with weatherings, and single-light windows to both ground and first floor levels.

The south elevation, also two storeys with attics, displays seven windows with three-light and four-light hollow-chamfered stone mullions, each with a separate label. Doorways are constructed of stone with chamfered jambs and four-centred heads. The kitchen’s south doorway is distinguished by an oak surround with a triangular head, dating from around the 17th century. The north-west front of the south range presents three 17th-century two-light windows with oak frames, complemented by four transomed windows on the first floor.

Inside, a Roll fireplace from the 16th century is a prominent feature. South of this is a doorway with the initials "W.H." carved into the spandrels, marking the presence of William Hannam (d. 1576). North of the fireplace, a four-centred archway leads to the oriel, complete with panelled reveals and a soffit. The oriel’s ceiling features moulded cross-beams and wall-plates. The hall roof comprises four bays with five tie-beam trusses, exhibiting moulded ties, arch-braces and purlins, plain principals and collars, and hollow-chamfered upright and raking struts. Cusped wind-braces are set diagonally between the purlins to create quatrefoil panels, and two-centred arches are positioned between the upper purlins. The parlour is characterised by early 17th-century panelling, a cornice, and a panelled door. A late 17th-century staircase, located to the west, boasts turned balusters, close strings, square panelled newels with ball finials and pendants. The Drawing Room in the south range retains a 15th-century wagon roof, compartmented and bossed at the intersections, with corbelled-out wall-plates. A flagon roof covers the chamber above the oriel. The house also showcases 17th-century fireplaces.