Manor House Farmhouse, Outbuilding And Garden Wall

The farmhouse, outbuilding, and garden wall date primarily to the early 17th century, with alterations and extensions in the late 17th century for Sir Roger Wilbraham. The main farmhouse is constructed of squared coursed limestone and ironstone, some of which is banded, with a tile roof and stone stacks. It is arranged in a l-plan with two storeys and an attic, originally comprising three bays. A central gabled porch features an entrance with a four-centred moulded stone arch, a three-light stone mullioned window above, and a similar two-light window in the attic. A stone sundial sits between the first-floor and attic windows. The gabled ends have finials and kneelers with ball finials. Three-light stone mullioned windows are present to the ground and first floors on either side, with those to the right lacking hoods. A small one-light stone framed window is located to the left of the porch on the ground floor, with a similar blocked window in the same position above. There are stacks to the left of the porch and centrally. A rear extension, likely from the late 17th century, is built of similar materials and has two storeys and an attic, with two bays and three-light stone mullioned windows on both floors, hooded, and a gabled half-dormer with a three-light stone mullioned window above. Another lower extension to the right, also late 17th century, is one bay wide and constructed of similar materials. It has a doorway with a moulded stone frame, stop-chamfered jambs, and a flat moulded stone hood, alongside a three-light stone mullioned window on the ground floor and a similar window on the first floor. A gabled staircase projection is situated in the rear angle. The outbuilding adjoining the main block at the rear, believed to have been a former laundry, is late 17th century in date, built of coursed squared ironstone with a slate roof, and a brick stack. It is one storey high and has three bays with an entrance featuring a wood lintel and plank door, a one-light stone mullioned window to the right, and a two-light stone mullioned window in the right bay. A C17 garden wall runs along the front of the house, constructed of coursed squared ironstone with stone coping, incorporating a doorway with a four-centred stone arch. Inside, features include C17 moulded wood door frames with stop-chamfered jambs, a closed-string staircase, and an early 17th-century stone fireplace on the first floor with a four-centred arch, moulded entablature on brackets, and cornices and jambs with lozenge decoration. A later 17th-century bolection moulded stone fireplace is also found on the first floor, alongside chamfered beams.