Hidcote Manor

Hidcote Manor is a former farmhouse that was enlarged to become a manor house in the early 20th century. The building features a late 17th-century block that was refronted in the 18th century, with a 20th-century block attached. It was built under the patronage of Gertrude Winthrop for her son Lawrence Johnston. The late 17th-century block is constructed of ashlar limestone and has a tiled roof, with flat coped gables and a moulded stone eaves cornice that includes a sundial finial on the far left and a vase finial on the far right. There is a continuous band above the ground floor windows and rectangular ashlar gable end stacks.

The 20th-century block is made of squared limestone and has a limestone slate roof, also featuring flat coped gables with ball finials. It includes a group of eight octagonal stacks extending from the gable end to the rear. The lead guttering on both blocks is likely by Norman Jewson and features Gertrude Winthrop's initials, along with dog tooth decoration and scroll-shaped brackets.

The plan shows that the late 17th-century block, with its 18th-century facade, extends back on the right to form one side of a courtyard, while the 20th-century block is attached at the rear right. The building has two storeys and an attic, illuminated by three segmental-headed dormers in the roof. The facade has three windows, consisting of single and twinned 12-pane sashes, and a central seven-panel door set in a classical surround with engaged Doric columns supporting an open triangular pediment. Above the door is a three-pane light with garlanded glazing bars. The right wall features mullioned and transomed windows and an 18th-century doorway with a bolection moulded surround, a broken pediment, and a coat of arms.

The 20th-century block has a single principal gable facing the courtyard and twin gabled walls on the right and left. It also has two storeys and an attic, with three-light stone-mullioned windows that have flat hoods, as well as some mullioned and transomed windows. A Venetian-style canted oriel window is located in the left wall, and all windows in the 20th-century block have leaded lights.

Inside, there is a fine 18th-century fireplace with a black marble surround and a classical frieze depicting dancing figures, located in the front left room on the ground floor. Hidcote Manor is a property of the National Trust.