Lords Of The Manor Hotel

The Lords of the Manor Hotel is a house that was once a rectory and is now a hotel. It has an early 18th century core and was extended to the north and south in 1855 by the Reverend Francis Witts. The building features coursed rubble with freestone quoins and dressings, and has Cotswold stone roofs with coped verges and various ashlar chimneys with moulded capping. The irregular plan is primarily an early 18th century L-shape that has been extended to form a courtyard to the north, along with a large block to the south and several minor extensions to the west.

The hotel is 2½ storeys tall and has cross mullion windows that are chamfered in rebates. The early 18th century section has three bays in the center, small gabled dormers, square crenellated ground floor bays, and a central gabled doorway with a Tudor-arched entrance. To the right, there is a two-bay gabled projection that includes a three-light square oriel window added in 1855 and two-light attic windows. The extensions to the north are one and two bays wide.

To the south, the large and tall 1855 extension projects forward with two irregular gables, the right one breaking forward again and featuring a large eight-light angled bay window that is two storeys high, divided by heraldic shields. There is one range of windows to the left with drips and a string course at the ground floor cill, along with a gable above that has a datestone. The north side of the early 18th century part has a string course over the ground floor, and the stair lights to the right are blocked at ground level. There is a hipped stair-turret at the rear.

Inside, there is an early to mid-18th century dog-leg staircase with an uncut string and a wide ramped handrail, turned balusters, and a newel stair with an octagonal newel at the northeast corner.