Little Manor

Little Manor is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house, dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It was likely built for John Holden and has undergone several additions and alterations over the years, including a dairy wing added around 1720, a probable 20th-century lean-to entrance porch on the right, and a rear extension from around 1920, along with interior changes made for Benjamin Gough. The building features a timber frame with plaster infill, some wattle and daub, and some brick on a limestone sill, topped with a renewed tile roof and a 20th-century brick chimney.

The exterior is one-and-a-half storeys high and consists of three cells. It displays small panels of square timber framing with arch braces. The entrance is located to the right and consists of a timber door. The windows are casement style, with arrangements of 1, 4, 3, and 2 lights. There are two full dormers and a half-hipped roof with a ridge stack on the left.

Inside, the house features extensive exposed timber framing. The central hall, which was originally the kitchen, has an inglenook fireplace with a chamfered bressumer, crane, and pothooks, along with a chamfered beam. The ground floor has jowled posts, a tie-beam with a scroll and notch stop, and a massive post that supports the roof truss on the first floor. There is a smaller fireplace in the parlour with a replaced bressumer. The first floor reveals exposed purlins and rafters, and the roof has been altered, with tie-beams and principal rafters visible. An extension at the rear interrupts the wall-plate. A 17th-century panelled door has been reused in the dairy chamber, and there is an early 19th-century six-panelled door leading to the parlour.

Historically, the building is reputed to have been standing since 1624, built on the site of an earlier farmhouse originally known as Ryeworth Farm. The name was changed to Little Manor around 1920-1930 by Gough. It is believed that the roof was originally thatched.