Manor Farmhouse

Manor Farmhouse is a manor house dating back to the 14th century, with significant alterations in the 16th century and restorations in the 18th and 19th centuries, evidenced by datestones from 1775 and 1887. The construction uses regular coursed limestone and limestone ashlar, with slate roofs. Originally built as a hall house with a cross wing, it has a regular, symmetrical plan.

The front elevation features a gabled cross wing to the left, containing a three-storey semi-circular bay window from the 16th century. The first-floor window of the bay is a 10-light stone mullioned and transomed window; the lower floors have 3- and 4-light stone-mullioned windows. A 19th-century plank door is located to the right of this window, sheltered by a shallow stone arch. A single-window range to the right is single-storey with a catslide roof. A 19th-century canted wooden bay window with sash windows and glazing bars is visible, along with a 20th-century door and wood surround. A two-storey wing attached to the far right is rendered and features a sash window with glazing bars. The cross wing has ashlar gable parapets, a ridge ashlar stack, and a stone stack at the end. Datestones are positioned above the ground-floor window on the left side. The left elevation mirrors the front, featuring a central 16th-century three-storey semi-circular bay window with a blank ground floor, a 12-light first-floor window, and a 5-light attic window. Visible 14th-century corner buttresses are likely to have been altered in the 16th century.

The rear elevation has a gabled cross wing to the right, with 2- and 3-stage buttresses in the left and centre. A large blocked window at first-floor level is framed by an ashlar surround and a square head. A 2-light 14th-century window is found in the gable. Two 20th-century windows are present at ground-floor level. A two-storey range to the left, originally the hall, has an 8-light casement with a transom at ground floor, and sash windows in eaves dormers above. Ashlar gable parapets are also present.

The interior hall has been subdivided and contains an open fireplace with a bressumer. An early 19th-century staircase with a stick balustrade is located off the hall. A large first-floor room in the cross wing, formerly a solar, features a 16th-century wooden fireplace surround with an overmantle bearing the arms of the Nicholls family. A room below this was likely used as domestic offices. The roof structure of the hall is believed to be original. The house was owned by the Seymour and Nicholls families from the 14th to the 16th centuries.