Manor Farm House And Attached Outbuilding

Manor Farm House and attached outbuilding is a manor house, now a farmhouse, with elements dating to 1593, along with datestones indicating 1653 and 1670, and minor 19th-century restoration. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with a Collyweston slate roof. The building has a T-shaped plan, likely resulting from different periods of construction, and extends over two storeys with an attic.

The front elevation, facing the road, has three bays, and a two-window range. It features a central 17th-century four-light stone mullion window with a king mullion. There are 19th-century style casements to the left, with ashlar dressings and stone lintels; the ground floor window has a 17th-century hood mould. Blocked windows are visible in the bay to the left. Ashlar gable parapets with kneelers and a finial are present on the left, along with an ashlar end stack with moulded cornices, partially reconstructed. A three-light stone mullion attic window is set into the left gable, and the right gable contains a diamond-shaped plaque bearing the date 1670.

The rear wing on the left has a two-window range of 17th-century three-light stone mullion windows, with hood moulds, with a 19th-century style casement in the ground floor left position, retaining the original head. A doorway is located to the right. The return wall to the right has a similar 19th-century style casement at ground floor and a stone mullion window at first floor. The rear wing’s right elevation is similar to the left, but includes a part-glazed door in the return wall. The rear gable displays a plaque in moulded relief with the date 1653.

An 18th-century outbuilding is attached to the rear gable, exhibiting ironstone quoins and 19th and 20th-century door and window openings.

The interior features a large open fireplace with a bressumer in the ground floor room at the centre of the front elevation. A room to the left contains a late 17th/early 18th-century stone fireplace with reeding to the surround and a keyblock. Both rooms have chamfered beams with fleur-de-lys decoration to the stops. A central post with moulded brackets, now incorporated into the wall separating the rooms and the cellar stair, is also present. A ceiling beam in the left room displays the date 1593 and a reversed inscription "Jehovah". The room to the right has a 17th-century fireplace with a four-centred head. A through-passage near the intersection of the wings contains a close-studded wall, showing no evidence of an original door opening into the rear wing. A first-floor room in the center of the front elevation features an early 16th-century plaster overmantle decorated with oak leaves and fleur-de-lys, along with a strapwork frieze. A similar overmantle with arcading and three short pilasters, with a four-centred head, is located in the room to the right. Close-studded screens are found in some first-floor rooms, and a dog-leg stair leads to the attic. A 17th-century panelled door opens to an understairs cupboard. The manor was held by John Bridges, the Northamptonshire historian, until his death in 1724.