Old Manor House

The Old Manor House is a house said to have been built around 1500 by John Baldwin, with significant alterations and additions in the 17th century and later. It is constructed of limestone rubble with stone dressings, and has a stone-tiled roof with raised coped verges, along with gable stacks featuring diagonal chimneys. A later addition to the right has a slate roof. The house has a U-shaped plan, formed by two rear wings, with a symmetrical front.

The main front has two and a half storeys and three windows. The ground floor features two four-light casement windows with ovolo mullions, a king mullion, a hood mould, and the first floor has two similar three-light casement windows. A central two-storey gabled porch has a four-centred arched chamfered opening, with small lancet windows on either side, and benches to the sides. The porch doorway has a heavy ovolo-moulded frame with run-out stops, a plank and batten door, studded details, strap hinges with fleur-de-lys heads, and an iron ring handle. There are three small gables, each with a similar two-light casement window. All windows have 20th-century glazing, some of which is metal-framed.

Attached to the right is a single-storey wing with a 20th-century window to the left and a garage door to the right, topped by ridge stacks. The left return has a blocked three-light casement window at ground floor level, and a similar single light in the attic to the right of a stack. A lower wing to the left has a similar two-light casement window at ground and first floor levels. The right return has an external stack and a similar single-light window at ground floor level. At the rear, the single-storey addition has two doors and one window.

The rear of the house has two wings. The wing to the left has a ground floor three-light casement window, with a buttress blocking the central light, a six-pane sash window with a dripstone at first floor level, and a single light window in the attic. The central two bays set between the wings have a 20th-century door and a greenhouse filling in the central area. At first floor level there is a single-light window with a dripstone, and a two-light casement with a chamfered mullion and dripstone (formerly a three-light window, now replaced). A small gable above matches the front. The wing to the right is two storeys high.

Inside, there is a through passage, and the rear wings were likely added later. The former external wall is approximately two feet thick. A wide newel stair rises to attic level. A room on the front left has a four-centred arched stone fireplace with moulded jambs, head, and mantel, which was formerly located on the first floor; it has a heavy beam with run-out stops. A room on the front right has a high cambered lintel to the fireplace, with the possibility of a smoking chamber to the left. A first-floor rear wing to the right has a stone bolection-moulded fireplace. The rear and central attics show four-centred arched chamfered door frames, and the roof to the front is a five-bay structure with principal rafters, collars, two rows of purlins, and a ridge purlin.