Childhay Manor Farmhouse

Childhay Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was formerly a manor house, with its origins dating back to the late 15th century. It has undergone rebuilding and extensions in the 17th and 19th centuries. The kitchen features a cross-wing and cross-passage, while the hall and an additional room have been rebuilt. The southeast elevation showcases ashlar stone walls with a plinth and base mouldings from the 15th century. The roof, made of plain tiles, was added in the 19th century and includes stone gable-coping on the left side. There are five brick stacks from the 19th century located at the left gable, the center of the hall-block, behind the porch, on the right gable, and at the rear gable. The building is two stories high and has approximately five windows. The hall features stone mullions with three and four lights, decorated with cavetto profiles and 4-centred heads, but lacks labels. The windows are wood and iron-framed casements, dating to around the 17th century.

A prominent two-storey porch from the 15th century is located at the front, complete with an embattled parapet and carved gargoyles. The porch has wave-moulded outer jambs and a Tudor-arch head, with quatrefoil spandrels that have foliated centers. The upper storey contains two 16th-century windows with labels. The inner doorway features stone jambs with bracket-moulding and a plank and batten door. The right-hand gabled bay has two 2-light stone mullions on the ground floor and a transomed 4-light mullion above, both from the 19th century. The rear of the main block displays late 18th-century brickwork in an unclassified bond pattern. A two-storey rear stone porch from the 19th century has a pointed-arch head, and there is a stone outshut at the west end with a pentice roof.

Inside, the kitchen has a ceiling divided into six main compartments with big straight chamfers and quirked edges. There is a stone fireplace with a Tudor-arch head and recess spandrels, although it has been later blocked. The dado features continuous 17th-century panelling with square panels, moulded muntins, and a rail with an incised sunk circle pattern around the room. The doorway to the kitchen has moulded stone jambs and a Tudor-arch head, with a pegged wooden door-frame and a four-plank door. The floors are made of flagstones. The hall, located west of the cross-passage, was rebuilt in the 19th century into smaller rooms, which included a rebuilt open fireplace. There is also a stone fireplace in the room above the kitchen, featuring moulded jambs and a square head, dating to around the 15th century.