Manor Farmhouse

Manor Farmhouse, now a house, is said to have originated as the mediaeval manor house of Sir John de la Rivere around 1350. It features elements from the 15th century to the rear, with late 17th and early 18th century additions and alterations to the right return. The front was remodelled and refaced in the early 19th century, with later alterations. The front is constructed of finely squared, coursed rubble with stone dressings and has a stone-tiled roof with ridge and gable stacks. The rear of the rear wing is built of large blocks of coursed freestone, similar to the upper stage of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene. It has double Roman tiles and slates, partially rendered to the west.

The building forms an L-shaped layout with accumulated additions. The front elevation displays two storeys and three windows, with a straight joint between the bays to the left and right. The left bay contains two 30-pane sashes and a central 24-pane sash at the first floor, all in slightly raised surrounds. The ground floor features two 30-pane sashes, and a central flat-roofed porch with pilasters, a frieze, a cornice, and a parapet. A 19th-century panelled and glazed door sits within this porch. A band course runs above the ground-floor windows. The bay to the right is constructed of smaller rubble blocks and features a 3-light casement with flat mullions, leaded lights, and iron stanchions. A similar blocked window is above this, with a hood mould, and quoins flank the sides.

The left return is blank, while the right return has a large, heavy bolection-moulded doorcase with a plank and batten door. A lean-to with a double Roman tiled roof extends along the ground floor. A 2-light casement with a timber lintel is located at the ground floor to the right. The rear wing, projecting forward, has three 2-light casements at the first floor and a 2-light hipped dormer. A heavy plank and batten door, with raised fillets and strap hinges, is on the left side of the wing. A single-storey attached outhouse extends to the right.

The rear of the main house incorporates a two-storey rear addition from the mid-19th century, featuring two 2-light casements at ground floor with flat mullions, and a similar window under the eaves, topped with a slate roof. A two-and-a-half storey flat-roofed addition to the right has a small 4-pane light at the upper level. The rear of the rear wing has a large external stack, weathered and with a bolster base to the right. At the upper level are two shields of arms of de Rivere, each with a hood mould. On the first floor to the left, there is a 2-light casement with a hollow-chamfered mullion and hood mould. A projecting one-and-a-half storey wing to the right has a single light at ground floor with leaded lights and a timber lintel, and a rectangular chamfered lancet above. The west elevation of this wing has a similar 2-light hollow-chamfered casement under the eaves and is rendered to the west with slightly battered walls. A single-storey early 19th century addition is attached to the right, with a sash window in the gable end with a segmental head.

The interior includes an early 19th century straight staircase. The kitchen to the rear right has a fireplace with a heavy stone lintel, a narrow oven to the right, and heavy chamfered beams. A room to the front right is open to the full height of the roof, revealing three bays with two rows of purlins, a tie-beam, a king-post truss, a heavy lateral beam with mortices, a large fireplace with a triangular-headed oven to the right, and a large circular brewing copper to the left.