Drayton Manor

Drayton Manor is a small country house built in the mid-18th century, originally known as Turret House and later as Drayton Lodge. It was extended in the late 18th century. The building is constructed of brick, partly rendered, and features a slate roof with a parapet and a moulded brick modillion cornice.

The central block is three storeys high, while the later 18th-century northern wing is two storeys but matches the height of the central block. The central block has three bays of sash windows, with the central window on the ground floor being semicircular arched and featuring a radiating fanlight. There is a 20th-century brick porch in the right-hand bay. The northern wing includes one recessed linking bay with a semicircular arched window and fanlight on the ground floor, and a full-height bow with two sash windows on each floor to the right. The northern elevation has two sash windows in the centre of each floor, while the southern elevation is rendered, likely where a southern wing has been removed. A modern conservatory is attached to the ground floor.

Inside the main block, the original 18th-century staircase is present, along with a fielded panelled dado and turned balusters, and several old fielded panelled doors. In the northern wing, the ground floor room features a fine original marble chimneypiece with paterae, a frieze, and a central panel carved in relief, as well as two doorcases with fluted cornices and a fluted chair-rail below the cornice. The first-floor room has a white marble chimneypiece, a similar doorcase, and a cornice with an anthemion and urn frieze.