Upton Manor

Upton Manor is a detached house dating to the early 17th century, with later 17th-century additions and 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of dressed limestone with a tiled roof, coped verges, and brick stacks. Originally designed with an L-shaped plan, a further wing was added in the late 17th century to the northeast. The main entrance is now located on the northwest gable end of the early 17th-century range.

The southwest front, a two-storey elevation, has five windows. A Tudor-arched doorway with a 20th-century glazed door is situated to the right of centre, flanked by two recessed, chamfered mullioned casement windows. A 20th-century glazed door is set within a semi-circular surround with a flat stone hood, and a chamfered plinth runs along the base. The first floor features two 2-light, two 4-light, and one 3-light mullioned casement windows, some of which were partly renewed in the early 20th century. Two tile-hung gabled dormers illuminate the attic space. A projecting wing to the left features 3-light mullioned casements to both sides and an apex sundial atop the coped verge. The left gable end of the main range, now the entrance front, incorporates a recessed 20th-century porch and a 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement window on the first floor; a Sun Insurance disc is visible to the right. The right return of the main range shows a 2-light mullioned casement to the ground floor and a 3-light window above.

The rear of the left wing has a single-light window, along with 2 and 3-light mullioned casements, and a planked door within a chamfered Tudor-arched surround. The rear of the right wing has 3-light mullioned casements, an attached stair turret with a flat roof (altered in the early 20th century), and two tile-hung gabled dormers to the attic. The rear wing, likely dating to the late 17th century, has a variety of mullioned casements to the southeast side, a glazed door within a Tudor-arched surround to the left, and features a fishscale tiled roof. A 20th-century kitchen addition and casements are present at the rear, alongside a single-storey brick extension to the gable end.

The interior has been altered but retains some 17th-century fittings. The entrance hall is divided from the drawing room by a plank and muntin partition, and a winding stair features a continuous round newel, rising to the attic. The drawing room, originally composed of two rooms, has two ovolo-moulded stone fireplaces and chamfered beams. The dining room in the late 17th-century wing contains an open fireplace with a chamfered lintel on stone jambs, with a Tudor-arched doorway, indicative of a former through passage, connecting it to the drawing room. On the first floor, some chamfered wooden doorcases with run-out stops remain. The main bedroom at the north end has an ovolo-moulded square stone fireplace surround, and a room above the drawing room features a Tudor-arched stone fireplace with rosette spandrels. The house was part of the Clouds Estate during the late 19th century, when it was divided into three cottages, and was restored to a single house in the early 20th century.