Framewood Manor

Framewood Manor is a large house dating from 1905, designed by GC Horsley for Sir John Charles Bell. It was originally built as a private residence, later served as a Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) training establishment during World War II, then as a school from 1948 to 1983, and was converted into apartments in the late 1980s. The house is constructed of brick, with some polychromy, stone dressings, and a tile roof. It is built in a Tudor style and has an asymmetrical design. The main entrance front features a two-story porch with diagonal buttressing and battlements. It includes a broad gabled bay on the left, dormer windows in the roof, and a projecting office wing to the right. A bow window extends through two stories on the left return. The garden front has a central projecting block with a tall chimney, a gabled bay to the left, and dormer windows. Most windows are casements with leaded lights, with stone and wooden mullions and transoms. Inside is one room with Chinese lacquered panelling, which appears to have been brought in from another location.