The Manor House And 2 Garden Gateways To South

The Manor House, dated 1689 but with earlier origins, was heavily rebuilt in 1900 by W. J. Wilcox of Bath. It is constructed of rubble stone, part rough rendered with ashlar dressings, and features small ashlar blocks with black mortar joints from the 1900 work. The house has stone tiled roofs with coped gables and elaborate circular shafted stacks from 1900, located on the end walls, front ridge, and two on the rear ridge, with paired shafts, except for a single shaft at the east end and a row of four axial shafts on the rear ridge.

This two-storey and attic building is L-shaped. The south front is rough rendered and has a central straight joint; to the left, there is a door and an ovolo-moulded cross window above, both from 1900, while to the right is a later 20th-century doorway and a ground floor 1900 ovolo-moulded cross window. The east gable end features a fine inset two-storey 17th-century three-sided canted stone bay with three-light windows on the front and single-lights on the side, along with a 1900 three-light attic window. To the right, there is a moulded string returned to the north side with a four-light mullion window below, featuring a central king mullion and an oval light above. The north return has a blank two-light ovolo-moulded window on the ground floor.

The rear wing's east front has a moulded eaves cornice, a 1900 two-light window, and a single light on the first floor, along with renewed three and four-light windows below, separated by a section of string course. A 20th-century projecting summer room with a coped east gable is also present. The west front is entirely from 1900, featuring two-light mullion windows on the upper floor and attic, with two four-light cross-windows flanking a gabled porch. Inside the porch, there is a reset plaque from 1689 commemorating the coronation of William and Mary, along with an inscription noting the rebuilding for Mrs. A. Walmesley in 1900. Flanking the south front are two opposed late 17th-century or early 18th-century ashlar gateways with moulded architraves, broken pediments, and ball finials.