Swindon Manor

Swindon Manor is a large detached house, originally built in the 17th century and largely rebuilt in the 18th century, with some further alterations and extensions in the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick, with one gable displaying square-panelled timber framing and rendered infill. The roof is slate, and there are ashlar and brick stacks. The building has a rectangular plan, with two gables projecting slightly on the north side. A single-storey, flat-roofed 20th-century extension on the right of the entrance front is not of special interest.

The south front is almost symmetrical, featuring twin gables and a parapet over the central three bays, with seven windows. The central entrance is through a part-glazed door. The central three bays and the first floor of the gables are lit by 12-pane sash windows with gauged brick heads. The right-hand gable has sash windows with wide, flush frames and wide glazing bars, suggesting an early to mid-18th century date. The left-hand gable has similar sash windows, but set slightly back from the wall face. Two-light casements are present in the gables, each with a decorative black brickwork lozenge above the window. Tall casements with glazing bars, cambered-headed surrounds, and decorated transoms are found on the ground floor of both gables. Two similar windows are on the ground floor of the right-hand return. The fenestration of the return is otherwise 12-pane sashes. On the ground floor of the entrance front is a 20th-century six-panel door with a large 20th-century window featuring glazing bars to the right. A 20th-century flat canopy with a moulded margin covers the door and window. A single decorative black brickwork lozenge is visible at first-floor level. A timber-framed gable is present on the left-hand return, with rendered infill; a large 20th-century window has been inserted on the ground floor, above which is a two-light wooden casement. A single axial composite ashlar stack with four diagonally set shafts and moulded cappings is present. Two projecting stacks are also visible, one incorporating coursed, dressed limestone at the base, from the timber-framed gable.

The interior features deep, flat-chamfered beams. The current entrance hall contains a stone Tudor-arched fireplace with carved spandrels. A mid-18th-century open-well staircase has turned balusters, a ramped handrail, and Greek key decoration in the form of a continuous band below the tread ends. Good, probably early to mid-19th-century reeded architraves feature square end blocks with fleurons in the friezes. A fine grey marble fireplace of similar date is also present.