Old Manor Cottage

Old Manor Cottage is a detached house dating to the early 17th century, with a later 17th-century rear wing. It is characterised by square-panelled timber framing, a half-hipped thatched roof, and brick stacks. The house follows a T-shaped plan, with the original entrance now at the rear. The main road frontage is two storeys high and features three windows. On the ground floor are two 2-light casement windows and a 3-light casement window. The first floor has three 2-light windows and a single leaded light window; the north bay to the left is an addition from the late 17th century. The right return has been rebuilt in brick and contains a single light window to the attic. The left return has 2-light casement windows. The rear of the main range has a half-glazed door, a leaded light window and a 2-light casement window to the right. The left side has a planked door within a thatched porch alongside 2-light casement windows. The rear wing is notable for its central ribbed door under a thatched canopy, flanked by 2-light or 3-light casement windows. A further feature is an eyebrow dormer with a 2-light casement window on the right side, and 2-light casement windows on the south side.

The interior reveals deep chamfered beams with stepped stops, timber-framed partitions, and some plank and muntin partitions within the early 17th-century range, alongside chamfered beams in the later 17th-century wing. A middle room in the main range has a blocked open fireplace, and a carved spice cupboard bearing the date 1701 and the initials “F M”. The parlour at the south end has an 18th-century bolection moulded fireplace accompanied by chip-carved panels above cupboards on either side. A winding staircase is located against the front wall, featuring a finely carved newel post. The first floor has planked doors with wooden latches, chamfered beams, and an exposed jowled main post of the timber frame. The roof of the original range comprises three unequal bays with cambered collar trusses, while the addition to the north has a two-bay roof.