Manor House

Manor House, Hawling

This is a substantial stone manor house of mixed dates spanning the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, with later additions and alterations. A datestone records work in 1835, and significant changes were made in the 20th century.

The building is constructed of coursed, squared stone for the main part, with ashlar facing to the 18th-century wing. It has a stone slate roof. The plan is 'E'-shaped: a central block of four windows with a five-window right wing and a left wing of the same length, all one room deep, with an off-centre wing to the rear. The building rises to two and a half storeys.

The entrance front is marked by the left wing, which has a gable end. A prominent 4-light mullion and transom window occupies the ground floor, with a 3-light mullion window above it and a 2-light mullion in the gable itself. A datestone is positioned above. The gable features a parapet with a cross-gablet apex. The right return has a plinth, a 4-light mullioned window, and 2-light windows on either side. Above are three 2-light windows, all with hoodmoulds. A decorative lead box gutter on wrought-iron brackets runs along this section.

The main wing has an off-centre two-storey porch with a four-centred arch to the doorway, sunk spandrels, and a hoodmould with a string course above. On either side are plinths and 4-light mullion and transom windows with hoodmoulds. Above the porch are a 3-light mullion window and a square plaque, both with hoodmoulds. The porch gable has a parapet and cross-gablet apex. Either side of the porch are 4-light mullioned windows with hoodmoulds, and a single-light window in the corner on the right. A lead box gutter and four gabled dormers with 2-light casements break the roofline. A ridge chimney with two diagonally-set flues runs along the line between the right return and left wing. Two further chimneys project from the rear.

The right wing dates to the 18th century. Its left return has a plinth and a central doorway with L-hinges and a fanlight within a moulded surround topped by an open stone pediment on consoles. Either side are two sash windows with moulded surrounds, cambered heads, and keystones. The first floor has five windows with the same detail and a moulded string course. Moulded stone eaves and a lead gutter complete this elevation. A ridge chimney with two diagonally-set flues sits at the junction with the main wing. The gable end has a plinth with one window per floor and an elliptical window in the gable featuring a moulded surround and three keystones. A parapet gable and ridge chimney complete this side.

Internally, the upper floors were not inspected at the time of listing. The entrance and stair hall feature 20th-century panelling with Jacobean-style doors; a fireplace in the stair hall is also of this period. The dogleg stairs are panelled with square newels, ball finials, a moulded handrail ramped to the newels, and spiral balusters, all of early 20th-century date or reset. To the right of the entrance is a five-bay room with exposed beams and ceiling joists, originally two rooms. It retains the same panelling as the entrance.

The 18th-century wing contains 6-panel doors and features a moulded plaster cornice to the first room, with an eared fireplace surround having a pulvinated frieze. The central dogleg stairs have a marquetry strip on the nosings, three turned balusters per tread, a ramped moulded handrail, and square newels. A dado panelling runs throughout. The end room has fielded panelling, an eared fireplace surround with leaf carving decoration above, an eared overmantel, and a moulded plaster cornice. A cellar exists below the end room only.

The right wing dates to the first half of the 18th century, probably around 1740, as the oval windows match those on the adjoining stables. The left wing was built in 1835 to contain the kitchen. The gable windows and the windows on all three floors flanking the porch were altered after 1911 to create a symmetrical façade; prior to this date there had been a boarded door to the first floor with a flight of stone steps.