The Mansells

The Mansells is a detached house, dating from 1656 with a significant addition of around 1700, and later alterations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The house was initially built for Edward Pleydell, with further additions for William Oliver (dated 1899) and subsequent early 20th-century changes. Constructed from squared and coursed rubble, some rendered and roughcast, with half-timbering, timber lintels, stone dressings and stone slate roofs, the house accommodates an irregular H-shaped plan. The core of the house is a two-storey, central wing from 1656, extending to a south-east advanced addition from around 1700 and a 20th-century kitchen wing to the south-west. A late 19th-century north range is present, possibly incorporating earlier fabric, though significantly remodelled. The south-east front is U-shaped, comprising a two-storey and attic range dating to 1700 on the left, the central 1656 block of two storeys and attic with two windows, and a late 19th-century wing of two storeys and attic to the right. The 1656 block features two- and three-light ovolo-moulded mullioned windows and two hipped dormers. The 1700 range has three-light oak mullioned windows with small leaded panes, a bracketed cornice, one hipped dormer, and a hipped roof to the south-east end. Leaded-paned casement windows are found in the late 19th-century wing, with half-timbering on a north-east oriel window. The doorway is situated in the angle between the ranges, with a 20th-century porch, an outer plank door from the 17th century, and an inner Tudor-arch. A triple-canted bay window is evident in the corresponding corner to the right, featuring tall cusped lights. Inside, a 15th-century timber traceried ceiling is located in a ground floor room to the north-west. Various sections of panelling, installed by William Oliver, are present throughout the ground floor rooms. The 17th-century block retains chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and plank screens, while an inglenook fireplace is found in a rear room. The ground floor room in the 1700 addition has moulded beams and cornice.