Ebrington Manor

Ebrington Manor is a manor house with elements dating back to the 14th century, largely rebuilt in the mid to late 17th century, with later additions from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is located in Ebrington village.

The main body of the house is constructed of coursed, roughly squared limestone, while the 19th and 20th century extensions are pebble-dashed with limestone buttresses. All sections are roofed with grey slate, the main 17th-century block having a half-hipped form with saddle-back coping. Chimneys include a five-flue central chimney, triple diagonal chimneys from the right gable end, a single chimney from a projecting stack to the left, and a tall rectangular ashlar chimney projecting from the right end wall.

A 14th-century block is set back to the right, with an early 17th-century style outshut projecting forward towards the main facade. The 14th-century section originally comprised a single room with a vault below, which formerly connected to further rooms to the left. The 17th-century main body has a central open hall, arranged one room deep, over three storeys, and incorporates a central, three-storey gabled porch. The window arrangement is 2:1:2, featuring 4-light mullioned and transomed windows with horizontal glazing bars. The central entrance has an unpainted wooden door with strap hinges, an original knocker and key hole, set within a stone 4-centred arched surround with spandrels, a keystone, and imposts. A moulded lintel sits above the door, and a late 17th or early 18th century coat of arms, depicting the Aylmer family quartering the Fortescue family, is positioned above the door. The outshut is two storeys high with a single 3-light stone-mullioned window with ovolo-moulded chamfers and leaded panes, over modern patio doors. A hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned window with leaded panes and ornate handles is set into the right wall, above a string course. The 14th-century section is single storeyed with a cellar below. Two late 18th or early 19th century Gothick windows with flattened ogee arches are visible in the right wall. The rear wall has a single 14th-century traceried window with two principal lights having ogee, cusped heads and quatrefoil.

The interior of the 14th-century section reveals a ribbed quadripartite vaulted cellar and upper room, with roll-moulded capitals. There is a late 19th or early 20th century copy of a 4-centred arched doorway with floral decoration in the spandrels to the outshut. The 17th-century main body features a central open hall with deeply moulded plasterwork in the form of a wreath with a central rosette on the ceiling, and a 17th-century balustraded gallery. The house retains some original panelling, although some decorative plasterwork and panelling was brought from the Queen Anne Summer House in the manor grounds in 1925.