The Slade

The Slade is a former manor house dating from the 16th century, with alterations and additions from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of granite rubble with granite dressings and has slate roofs. The building is two storeys high. The south front features a parapet with moulded stone coping and a cornice, along with a single-storey asymmetrical façade consisting of four large sash windows with glazing bars. To the right of the centre is a two-storey porch with a large, heavily moulded granite doorway that has a four-centred arch, carved spandrels, and a hoodmould. There is also a two-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion window alcove with four-centred arch lights. A later addition to the left (west) includes a reset three-light stone window above a garage.

To the south-west, a large two-storey and attic wing from the late 18th or early 19th century has been demolished. The left-hand (south) return elevation displays three slate-hung gables and a projecting wing to the right of centre, which has a hipped slate roof and a reset moulded granite doorframe. The sash windows, some of which are three-light, are accompanied by various rendered chimney stacks. A wooden bellcote with an ogee cupola is located over the east range. The original layout may have been quadrangular, but now the courtyard is enclosed by outbuildings from the 18th and 19th centuries on the west and north sides.

Inside, the hall features a fine timber roof with moulded and carved arched braces supporting cables. It includes three tiers of moulded wind braces with 60 carved bosses at the intersections, along with moulded purlins. There is a panelled screen with a balustrade leading to a gallery over the screens passage. The wall panelling is in the Flemish style, with lower panels in linenfold and richly carved tracery above, including ogee heads to the panels and frieze. A large moulded granite hall chimneypiece has a flat ogee head. The 18th-century staircase features two balusters per tread, column newels, and a panelled and pilastered dado. The kitchen is believed to date from the Tudor period. The Slade was owned by the Slade family in the 13th century and later by the Coles during the reign of Richard II until the 17th century.