Old Manor House

A C17 house with a C19 addition, and later alterations.

MATERIALS: rubble stone with brick window heads to the later addition and a brick stack. The roofs are covered in clay Roman tiles. The first floor and roof structures are oak.

PLAN: square on plan, this is a single unit house that has been subdivided internally and has a single-bay extension at the south end. The ground floor is divided laterally beneath a principal beam to create two living areas. At the north-west end there is a further partition to create a utility room and bathroom. To the right of the main entrance is a winder stair. To the first floor, partitioning has been inserted to create a small landing and two bedrooms. To the left of the landing is a further bedroom which is in the C19 addition, with a kitchen to the ground floor.

EXTERIOR: two-stories with steep central gables to the front and rear, set within the main pitched roof. There are two-light windows centrally-placed to each floor, on the front and rear. To the left of the front elevation is a small stair window under the eaves. Further left, the C19 extension is set back, and the junction between is infilled with an enclosed C20 porch under a lean-to roof. The C19 extension has a window to the front and an upper window to the south flank, both under red brick heads. The rear of the extension and the main house is infilled with a C20 concrete block lean-to. To the left of the rear elevation is a small stone-built outshut under a Roman tile roof. The north flank has a two-light window to the left and right on the ground floor, and a centrally-placed opening above. At attic level is a sealed window opening.

INTERIOR: the building is entered via the porch and C19 extension, through a four-centred arch door standing on stone plinths. The jamb to the right is cut away. The supporting structure for the first floor comprises chamfered lateral and transverse beams with either run-out or diagonal-cut stops to each end, in a consistent arrangement. The timber winder stair has some replacement treads. A substantial chamfered tie beam spans the two principal bedrooms, running from front to rear, and with run-out stops to the east end. The west end has been cut away, possibly to provide head room. The roof above the tie beam was inaccessible. Doors are timber plank with braces and ledges. There are modern subdivisions to each floor.