The Manor House With Attached Malthouse To Rear

The Manor House with an attached malthouse to the rear is a detached house that likely dates from the 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century and early 20th century. It is constructed from rubblestone and features a Welsh slate roof with brick stacks, forming an L-plan layout. The house is two stories high and has a three-window west front.

A gabled two-storey porch from the 19th century includes a Tudor-arched doorway with a studded door. Above the door is a three-light chamfered mullioned casement with a hoodmould, and the heraldic arms of the Panter family are displayed. The porch is flanked by a three-light casement on the left and two three-light casements on the right. On the first floor, there is a three-light casement to the left of the porch and a two-light casement to the right, with a straight joint marking the division between the left-hand bay and the rest of the façade.

The left side of the house features 20th-century casements with gothic glazing bars, while the right side has a gabled porch with a planked door, a three-light casement to the left, and a two-light casement to the right. The first floor includes two three-light casements and one two-light casement. A square bellcote with a weathervane is present on the roof.

At the rear, the main range has early 20th-century square bays with leaded casements, a picturesque slate verandah, and a gabled bay to the left with a 19th-century timber-frame lean-to extension that has a planked door and a three-light leaded casement.

Inside, the house features deep chamfered beams and notable joinery, including doors with either four fielded panels or six panels. The central drawing room has 19th-century panelling with a carved frieze in a 17th-century style, and similar panelling can be found in the porch. There is an open fireplace with reset 17th-century richly carved pilasters and a Delft tile fireback. The north room has a 19th-century fireplace that incorporates reset 17th-century carved wooden panels.

The large malthouse attached to the rear, likely built around 1800, is also made of rubblestone with a slate roof and is three stories high, featuring small fixed windows and casements. The interior retains beams from removed floors. Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, a potter, lived in the Manor House until her death in 1985, and her workroom was located in the malthouse. The Hartgill family, who were agents to Lords Stourton, lived there until the 19th century, after which the Panter family acquired the house around 1860 and made extensive alterations, including the addition of the porch.