Hambleden Manor House

Manor house, originally built in the early 17th century, reportedly in 1603 for Emanuell Scrope, later Earl of Sunderland. It was altered and extended around 1830 and in the 20th century. The original core of the house is constructed of flint with brick dressings and an old tile roof. Brick chimneys are present on the left and rear elevations, featuring groups of square shafts set diagonally. The house has two storeys, cellars, and an attic.

The west front presents three gables, each with moulded and plastered brick coping. Each gable contains a large four-light attic window with chamfered brick mullions and transom, and 20th-century leaded glazing. The main floors have a four-bay arrangement of windows within altered openings; the ground floor has three-pane sashes, and the first floor larger 19th-century sashes. Some ground-floor sashes have thick glazing bars. Cellar openings are found in the left bays. A two-storey gabled porch, centrally positioned, is constructed of flint and squared flint with a moulded brick string raised over chamfered brick lozenges. It has a moulded four-centred brick arch with a hoodmould, and a three-light window above. A similar two-light window is on the left return, and a two-light leaded casement on the right return. Lead rainwater pipes dated 1748 flank the porch. A circa 1800 two-storey brick extension is located to the left, featuring dentil eaves and a hipped roof.

The south front is similar to the west front, with French doors on the ground floor and 19th-century tripartite sashes in the attic. A circa 1830-40 flint and brick extension is located on the right side, incorporating a gable and a shallow canted projection. Sash windows have gauged brick heads. A circa 1960 flint and stone garden room and billiard room sits to the far right.

The interior was remodelled around 1830 and in the 20th century. Ground floor rooms in the south wing retain good circa 1830 reeded doorcases and plaster ceiling cornices. The entrance hall features a fine early 19th-century corner cupboard with pilasters, an arch, a cornice, scrolled spandrels, shaped marbled shelves, and a dome decorated with a painted flower basket. Some 17th-century doors and timber partitioning remain in the attic.