The Manor House

The Manor House is a manor house dating from the early to mid-17th century, with additions from the early 18th century and the 19th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone with a stone slate roof and stone stacks. The original main body of the house is 'L'-shaped, with an early 18th-century range added to the east to form an almost square plan. Further 19th-century extensions, also forming an ‘L’ shape, are located to the right of and projecting forwards of the 18th-century range.

A flat-chamfered plinth runs around the base. The house has two-and-a-half storeys, with a cellar beneath the south side. The south front has a three-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement window to the lower right of the cellar. The facade is characterised by twin gables, with three-light hollow-moulded stone-mullioned windows towards the apex of each gable. There are also sash windows with transoms, and a continuous string course above the first-floor and attic windows. A 20th-century part-glazed double door is located within a Tuscan pedimented portico, with two 12-pane sashes with horns to the right of the portico and a six-light stone-mullioned casement with a king mullion to the right of the porch.

The east front, which forms the present entrance front, has twin gables off-centre to the left. The 18th-century range to the right features three-light stone-mullioned casements to the gables, with two six-light hollow-moulded stone-mullioned casements with king mullions and one hollow-moulded stone-mullioned cross window elsewhere. Continuous string courses run above the ground, first floor, and attic windows. A 20th-century Tudor-arched plank door with studded fillets is located off-centre to the right, with a two-pane hall light above and a plain architrave. A hipped roof dormer, extending from the eaves, illuminates the ground and first floors of the 18th-century range, with two and three-light flat-chamfered stone-mullioned casements. Some windows have horizontal glazing bars, with diamond leaded panes to attic windows on the south and rectangular leaded panes to equivalent windows on the east. A one-and-a-half-storey 19th-century extension is located to the right, with two and three-light roof dormers with tile hanging to the sides and front, and single and two-light stone-mullioned casements to the ground floor. A single-storey extension projects forwards to the right.

The roof of the main body has moulded gable end coping with pointed finials and moulded kneelers. Axial and projecting gable end stacks are present. Twin diagonal stacks with moulded cappings are found on the south range, and a rectangular axial stack with a moulded capping is on the north range. The roof is hipped to the right of the twin gables on the east.

The interior features an open fireplace with a plain stone surround, another with a moulded Tudor-arched surround (with a 20th-century replacement lintel), a stone fireplace with a bolection moulded surround in an upstairs bedroom, and a stone fireplace with a moulded surround in the attic. Tie beams have moulded stops. The roof is an original rafter and purlin structure. The house formerly belonged to the Bishops of Worcester.