Manor Farmhouse And Adjoining Granary And Stable

Manor Farmhouse and adjoining granary and stable is likely of early to mid-17th century origin, with extensions and rebuilding occurring in the later 18th century and the mid to late 19th century when the granary and stable were added. The house is built of coursed rubble stone, with the front wall painted and the centre rendered. Rubble stone stacks are present, including a hall stack with offsets, and an end stack which is partly rendered and slate hung. Some red brick dressings are visible on the 19th-century granary and stable. The roof is gabled and slate-covered.

The original plan was probably a two-room layout facing southwest, consisting of a hall to the right with an external lateral stack to the rear, and a kitchen to the left with entrances to both front and back. A dairy with an external end stack was added to the left in the late 18th century, probably replacing an earlier structure. A 17th-century parlour was situated to the right of the dairy, incorporating an integral lateral rear stack, followed by the addition of the granary and stable in the 19th century. Alternatively, the house could have originally been a three-room-and-through-passage layout, with the kitchen functioning as a wide through-passage and the service end and inner room rebuilt later.

The building is two storeys high. The exterior features an asymmetrical facade with four windows on the first floor and three on the ground floor. The central first-floor windows are mid-19th-century margin-light sashes, while the remaining windows are 20th-century wooden and metal casements. A weathered lintel sits above the hall window. The front door is boarded and sits to the left of centre, sheltered by a probably 19th century gabled porch with a side entrance. A single-storey lean-to addition adjoins the left-hand gable end.

The adjoining granary and stable have a central loft doorway with a segmental brick-arched head, approached by external steps, as well as ground floor doorways to the left and right, also with segmental brick-arched heads. One doorway is fitted with a boarded door. A further single-storey lean-to addition extends from the right-hand side. A central loft door is present at the rear of the granary.

Inside, the hall showcases a chamfered spine beam with run-out stops, and has an open fireplace with a wooden lintel and a bread oven. A bench is built into the front and right-hand side walls and there is an old cupboard with butterfly hinges. The kitchen has joists spanning left to right, some crudely chamfered, and a winder stair to the left of the entrance. The dairy features slate shelves. Principal rafter feet are visible on the first floor. Access to the roof space was not possible at the time of the 1987 survey.

The farmhouse forms part of a group of three farmhouses in the hamlet of Cheriton, which was formerly the site of the parish church before its relocation in the early 18th century.