The Old Manor

The Old Manor is a house dating from the mid-to-late 19th century, likely incorporating an earlier core. The structure is built of plastered cob and stone rubble, with stone rubble and brick stacks topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and a slate roof. The house has a double-depth plan, facing west-northwest. The main rooms are on the front elevation, positioned either side of a large central entrance hall containing the main staircase. The left room has an end stack, while the right room has an axial stack. The kitchen is located at the rear right and includes a rear lateral stack. A second doorway is positioned at the left end, connected to the entrance hall by a corridor. A solid axial wall separates the front and rear rooms, suggesting the remains of an earlier house that once occupied the front portion of the site. The house is two storeys high, with a regular, albeit not symmetrical, three-window front. Canted bay windows are present at each end on the ground floor, possibly added later. The central ground-floor window is a 20th-century replacement casement, whilst the first-floor windows retain their original casements with glazing bars. The original six-panel door and doorcase, featuring scrolled consoles, are preserved in the centrally-located front doorway; a 20th-century flat-roofed porch of moulded concrete is positioned in front. A 19th-century sash window with margin panes is found on the left end wall, along with another window to the rear. Internally, the house retains 19th-century joinery and other decorative details. The Old Manor forms part of a notable group of listed buildings near to St. Andrew's Church.