The Old Manor House

The Old Manor House is a house dated 1667, with later alterations. It is constructed of coursed squared gritstone rubble with a pantile roof, featuring one eaves course of stone slates. The house is two storeys high and follows a lobby-entry plan, originally with five bays, and has a rear outshut. It has a plinth and quoins. A fine plank door, fitted with iron studs and strap hinges, is located in the centre bay, set within a moulded surround with quoined jambs and a shallow triangular-arched lintel inscribed with the date 1667. Two small, rectangular, chamfered windows sit above the doorway. Twentieth-century small-paned windows, some of 2 and 3 lights in the style of side-sliding sashes, are present throughout the building. The ground-floor window in bay 1 is positioned within a blocked doorway, evident by the large lintel above. The blocking of a wider mullioned window is visible in bay 4. Twentieth-century garage doors are located in bay 5. A continuous string course runs along the length of the building, having been cut back, but its stepped appearance is visible above the entrance and original blocked doorway. Bulbous kneelers and gable copings are present, with a twentieth-century brick stack straddling the ridge opposite the entrance, a smaller end stack to the left, and an eighteenth-century brick stack to the rear of the ridge, in bay 2. On the left return, a brick flue from an adjoining scullery, now a kitchen, is visible above the roof line of a later range, which is not included in the listing. The right return shows a rear outshut built with the main house, with inserted ground-floor windows. A three-light recessed chamfered mullion window is present on the first floor to the right, with a blocked rectangular window below. The interior entrance leads onto the side of a large stack containing back-to-back fireplaces. The room to the right features a chamfered mantel beam and a large ceiling beam with pyramid stops. The room to the left has a mantel beam and a brick-lined oven, with oak panelling featuring moulded framing on the rear wall. Three principal posts with curved braces divide the main rooms from the rear aisle; closely spaced studs are exposed on the first floor. The original rear staircase rises around a chamfered newel post and is entered from the main (right) room through a plank door. The upper rooms are ceiled at purlin level, with tie beams and wall plates visible. The house is a good example of stone-built construction, retaining timber framing of roof trusses, the rear aisle and partitions, the original door and staircase.