Cheselbourne Manor

A manor house with a mid-16th century origin, significantly remodelled in the 19th century, and with a later 19th-century addition. The building is constructed of knapped flint with squared rubble bonding courses. The roofs now have a low pitch and are covered in 20th-century slates with parallel ridges. Brick stacks with dogtooth cornices are located on the ridge at both ends. The main south elevation has three windows on each floor, with a regular fenestration pattern. The ground floor windows feature 3-light mullions, chamfered and transomed, which are 19th-century insertions. The first floor has mullions arranged as 3:2:3 lights, with returned labels over and stone sills. 20th-century metal casements are fitted. A central porch has a doorway with chamfered jambs and a depressed-arch head, a moulded cornice above, and a flat parapet. The front door is plank and muntin style, with a moulded weatherboard, and the inner door is panelled with two upper lights, a 19th-century addition. To the right of the main house, a projecting gabled wing with a 1½-storey height extends to the south; its gable end features mullion windows of 5 and 3 lights, with depressed-arch heads and separate returned labels, also with 20th-century metal casements. A north range, added in the mid-19th century and parallel to the original part of the house, is constructed of knapped flint with stone bonding courses and brick dressings. Stacks are located on the right gable and to the left of centre on the ridge. This wing has two storeys and four windows, featuring sash windows with thin glazing bars, a tripartite sash to the right of centre, a French window to the ground floor left, and a rear door to the centre. Stables are attached to the left end of the house and are constructed of plain knapped flint, with a slate roof. To the south side of the stables, two 5-light hollow chamfered stone mullion windows have separate returned labels and iron casements, with a 19th-century plank and muntin door situated to the right. A two-light mullion window is positioned above the door. The rear (north) elevation of the stables displays stable entrances with two plank doors, segmental heads, and fixed 2- and 3-light windows. Inside the house, the stairwell contains an original stone vice with a round newel rising from a chamfered base. A mid-16th century stone doorway with a restored 4-centred head in a square surround, featuring carved spandrels, marks the ground floor entrance to the vice. The moulded jambs have hollow-chamfered plinths and spur stops. A ground floor fireplace, now rebuilt, retains traces of original painted decoration in red and black.