Conock Manor

Conock Manor is a manor house dating from around 1700, with possible later 18th-century elements and substantial alterations in 1817 by Richard Ingleman of Southwell (Nottinghamshire), and further changes around 1930. The house is constructed of limestone ashlar with slate roofs. It is two storeys high with cellars and attics, and the main body comprises five bays by three, accompanied by screen walls on both sides. The central entrance features a six-panelled door with a fanlight, sheltered by a portico of fluted Ionic columns supporting a curved entablature; the portico was originally designed with a leaded half-dome roof. The central bay projects slightly, topped with a pediment featuring a central raised panel. The windows are twelve-paned margin glazed sashes, with those on the ground floor incorporating intersecting glazing bars (dated 1817), all set within moulded architraves. Fluted giant pilasters rise from the first floor level at each end, adorned with stylised feather caps, and supporting an acanthus frieze. The screen walls incorporate a central blind arch-headed window, flanked by paired, smaller pilasters displaying marked entasis. The roof is hipped, with three dormers visible and two on the return elevations. The rear elevation features a central door with a scrolled broken pediment, believed to be the original front door from around 1700. Wings are located behind the screen walls; on the right is a library built in 1817 and extended around 1930, and on the left, a dining room extended by the addition of a brick bow window around 1930. Internally, the house was altered around 1930, with the removal of a central corridor to create a long saloon. Several good 18th-century fireplaces, crafted from varied marbles, were introduced around 1930. The library includes a rectangular, lightly coffered saucer vault, extended around 1930 with a matching square bay ceiling. The staircase is from the 18th century and features decorative balusters and a dentilled cornice. A moulded plaster depiction of the arms of Gifford Warriner, who died in 1820, is also present.