The Manor Hall

The Manor Hall is a former manor house dating back to around 1480, which was extended in 1914 and subsequently altered in the 20th century. It was acquired for use as parish rooms and a hall in 1947. The original manor wing is constructed of ashlar, with brick above the string course, featuring ashlar dressings. It has a slate roof which is hipped at the left end and gabled to the right. The 20th-century wing is built of random stone rubble with a gabled slate roof.

The manor wing's plan consists of single large rooms on each floor, formerly heated by a demolished stack in the centre of the rear wall. A 20th-century staircase is located at the right end, and an outshut is situated to the rear. A parish hall, built in the 20th century, adjoins the manor wing at a right angle, forming an overall L-shape. This replaced the former entrance wing and a two-storey porch in the angle, which were demolished in 1889. The porch and some internal fittings were subsequently re-erected at Westaways, West Pilton.

The manor wing is two storeys high while the parish hall is single-storey. The manor wing has a two-window range of 4-centred arched, 4-light mullioned windows with cavetto moulding, displaying Bassett initials on the labels of the continuous hoodmoulds. The left-hand window has small-paned casements. Two ground floor windows have identical architraves, labelled hoodmoulds, and relieving arches, however their mullions were replaced in the 20th century. The left-hand window was originally blocked and had a door inserted, but a new doorway was created at the right end in the mid-20th century, reinstating the window. Above the right-hand window is a square stone inset, with traces of a similar lozenge to the left, which formerly contained coats of arms. Two cavetto mullion windows with three 4-centred arched lights are located to the rear, above the outshut.

The single-storey parish hall has two 3-light transomed windows flanking a porch with a gabled slate roof.

The interior of the manor house wing has largely been altered in the 20th century. However, surviving features include a late 15th-century plain chamfered 4-centred arched doorway to the rear right-hand wall on the ground floor, and a flat-arched stone chimneypiece with an ogee-flanking hollow-moulded surround and herringbone slates to the back of the hearth on the upper storey.