The Manor House

The Manor House is a detached manor house with a complex development history, dating from the late 16th century, with later additions in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of rubble stone and ashlar, with slate and stone slab roofs. Ashlar stacks are present, with a crenellated cornice on the left-hand stack of the front range.

The front range (east) features three windows, including a two-storey porch positioned slightly left of centre. The porch has a gabled roof with stone coping and a finial. Stone mullion windows, mostly with leaded lights and returned labels, flank the porch, with a two-light window to the left and a two-light window within the porch itself. A hollow-chamfered five-light mullion window, with fixed re-leading, illuminates the dining room, alongside a four-light version on the first floor. A 20th-century six-panel door is located on the left side of the porch. The front range also has two 20th-century cornices and two-light casement windows.

Attached to the north-west is a range with a five-light stone mullion window facing west, fitted with 19th-century casements. A 17th-century staircase block connects this range to the north-west wing, exhibiting a two-light stone mullion window on its south side. A 19th-century porch, featuring lozenge-lead lights with four-centred heads and a six-panel door, is also present.

The north-west wing, dating to the 17th century, has a south elevation with two windows featuring two- and three-light stone mullions and lozenge-leaded lights. The north-east range, formerly the kitchen block, shows a three-light stone mullion window on its south face.

A mid-17th century external stone staircase is attached at the rear centre. It features a semi-circular landing supported by panelled pedestals and balusters; the pedestals are decorated with draped festoons, and the balusters with foliage swags. This staircase was originally located at Kingston Russell.

Internally, the inner north-west range has a 16th-century fireplace with moulded stone jambs and a depressed-arch head. In an upper room of the north-west wing, a stone fireplace with Roman Doric columns, fluted and with a mantel shelf, dates to the 18th century, accompanied by ribbed-panel window shutters. The staircase within the 17th-century staircase block features bulbous balusters, coupled Roman Doric columns on the landing, and a ramped handrail, indicative of the early 18th century. A staircase in the well between the Dining Room and Kitchen has small bulbous balusters and plain, unramped handrails, characteristic of the late 17th century.