The Manor House

The Manor House is a mansion dating primarily to the 18th century, although the rear section has earlier origins in the 16th and 17th centuries. It underwent restoration in the 19th century, with later service extensions added.

The main block is characterised by brick walls, the front featuring blue headers with flush red dressings (including quoins and flat arches). It also has a stone plinth band, an eaves cornice of moulded brick dentils beneath stone cymatium, stone coping to the parapet, stone keys, and a stone plain band to the first floor. The south side elevation is of Flemish bond with blue headers and similar detailing. The north side has been roughcast. A rear wing is constructed of ashlar malmstone with brick dressings including quoins, cambered arches, a brick dentil eaves, a stone plinth band, and a first-floor band. The roof is tiled, with a hipped design above the main block.

The east front of the house is symmetrical, with three storeys and a 1-3-1 window arrangement. It has a parapet with cornice and sash windows. The stone doorcase has a moulded cornice, pulvinated frieze, eared architrave, and a half-glazed door. A full-height half-hexagon bay extends across the east side of the south elevation, with three storeys and a 1-3 window arrangement, again mirroring the detailing of the main block. The rear wing, set back from the south end of the main block, is symmetrical, two storeys high, and has six windows (with the westernmost window filled). Casements are above the sashes. Brick porches with pediments are positioned at each side of the rear wing, featuring a plain frieze continuing from the first-floor band, an arched opening with a stone key and plinth, and a plain door within. The north face of the rear wing was altered in the late 19th century but retains similar features, with a large chimney at the west end. Small, single-storeyed additions are located at the west end of the building.

Inside, the house contains an 18th-century oak staircase and 17th-century panelling in the older rear wing, with some exposed timber framing. The house was formerly the residence of Edward Gibbon.