Manor Farmhouse

Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in 1831 for the Duke of Northumberland. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and has artificial stone slate roofs. The building features a cruciform plan, is two storeys high with a loft, and has a Jacobethan style with a layout of 2:1:2 bays. Notable architectural details include a chamfered plinth, quoins with herringbone tooling and draughted margins, and a moulded sill string on the first floor. The windows are mullion style with hoodmoulds.

To the left of the central projecting front wing, there is a single-storey flat-roofed porch with a part-glazed vertical-panelled door set in a moulded surround with a shouldered lintel and hoodmould. The porch has a cornice that supports an ashlar parapet with moulded coping and features a single-light window on the left side. A matching single-storey projection is found to the right, also with a single-light window.

The central wing has three-light windows, with a transom on the first floor, and a small light vent in the gable above that retains its original diamond glazing. There are two-light windows on the ground floor of the left and right returns. The left range has a three-light window on the ground floor and cross windows on the first floor, with the window above the porch also featuring original diamond glazing. The right range has two-light windows on the ground floor and cross windows on the first floor. The building is topped with ashlar coping on the end and central gables, and there are paired ashlar octagonal chimneys over the "crossing" and at the right end.

At the rear, steps lead up to a first-floor part-glazed door in a chamfered surround, which accesses the lower cross wing. There is a lean-to in the angle with the wing and several lead fluted rainwater heads. The left return has a two-light window on the ground floor and a single light on the gable. Inside, a roof timber is painted with the date August 1831. This farm complex was the first of several built by the Duke of Northumberland in the area and was originally known as Lucy Cross Farm, a name found on old Ordnance Survey maps. The cruciform plan may have been chosen in reference to Lucy Cross, the name of a coaching inn on the old Great North Road and a destination along a section of the turnpike road.