Manor Cottage Manor House

Manor Cottage and Manor House is a gatehouse that has been converted into a farmhouse, now comprising two dwellings. It dates from the early 17th century, with alterations and additions from the early 18th century, 19th century, and 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared limestone and features a plain-tile roof, with a brick ridge stack and stone end stacks that have brick flues. It has two storeys and an attic, arranged in a three-window range with a three-unit plan.

The former entrance front faces the garden to the east and includes a central 20th-century four-light stone mullion window with a hood mould. Above this, there is a hood mould from a former carriage arch. A panel displaying the arms of the Spencers of Wormleighton is set in a rectangular stone surround above the hood mould. To the left on the ground floor, there is a four-light wood mullion window, while to the right, there are two 20th-century two-light stone mullion windows, both with hood moulds. The first floor features four-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion windows with hood moulds. The building has a chamfered plinth, quoins, and stone-coped gables with kneelers, as well as a gabled stair turret on the right side.

The original range has been extended to the rear with a late 18th or early 19th-century addition, and there is a further 19th-century extension to the right of the rear range, known as Manor Cottage. Inside, there is an open fireplace with a bar stop-chamfered bressumer and a stone fireplace with a chamfered Tudor-arched head. The first floor has four-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion windows to the left and right of the former rear elevation, which is now internal. There is also a Tudor-arched stone doorway with cut spandrels and a collar truss roof. The manor house that the gatehouse once served belonged to the Spencers of Wormleighton and was demolished around 1703, with its materials being repurposed for the construction of the Rectory.