Manor House

Manor house, likely dating from the late 16th century and early 17th century, with additions from the 19th century and 20th century. The front is constructed of ashlar and coursed squared stone, with a stone slate roof. The six-window garden front is one room deep, with three storeys, and includes a rear wing to the left and a two-window, two-storey extension to the left of the garden. The right third of the garden front has a lower floor level than the rest of the facade. A two-light mullioned window is set into the plinth on the right, with a double-boarded door featuring a double-ovolo surround, a Tudor arch, and plain spandrels. To the left, the plinth is higher, and there are three, three-light mullion and transom windows linked by a hoodmould. Above these, two three-light mullion and transom windows have two transoms and ovolo moulding, with a moulded string acting as a hoodmould. The string course steps up to the left, becoming simpler against a three-light mullion and transom window. To the left of that are three similar but slightly shallower windows, with the string course acting as a hoodmould and stopping to the left of the last window. Above those are two three-light mullioned windows with hoodmoulds on the right, surmounted by a large, plain parapet gable featuring a ridge chimney with three flues and a conjoined moulded head. To the left are two parapet gables, each with a three-light mullion and transom window with a hoodmould and an apex finial. Parapet gables are at the ends, with a ridge chimney on the left end. The two-storey extension on the left has single and three-light mullioned windows with hoodmoulds, plain coping, and a flat roof. A rectangular bay on the right return has a three-light mullioned window at ground level, and above that a five-light ovolo-moulded mullion and transom window with two transoms and king mullions, a string course, repeated to the second floor, and a moulded cornice, and a parapet gable with a finial behind. Inside, to the left of the garden door is a panelled room with small-size dust-ledge panelling, as well as a Jacobean overmantel. To the rear, the ceiling is divided into nine sections with three moulded beams in each direction, with exposed, chamfered joists. A double ovolo moulded surround is present for a door to the right from the stairs, featuring a semi-circular head. The staircase has solid treads in short flights that curve around a large, stone pier, with a top landing by the stairs leading to a roof void, and turned balusters on the handrail, which have been later boxed in. On the top floor, the room on the right has a plaster barrel vault, with moulded plaster plaques over the windows to the rear. Tinted glass is in the windows to the bay and lobby, and there is a stone fireplace surround (from the 17th century) with a moulded shelf. The right-hand third of the original house may be slightly later than the rest of the house to the left. By the mid-17th century, it had a six-window front with an eccentrically-placed rear wing, further enlarged to the rear in the 19th century, with a front facade added in the 1930s. First-floor windows on the right, and the lower part of the stairs were renewed after a fire in the mid-20th century, to match the earlier work. It forms a group with the barn (see separate listing).