Manor House And Manor Cottage

The property comprises a manor house and manor cottage, dating to 1659, with alterations in the late 17th century and 20th century. Constructed of limestone rubble with sandstone dressings, it features a stone slate roof. The building follows an L-shaped lobby entry plan and has two storeys and five bays, with a gabled end facing the street.

The entrance, situated to the right of the centre, has a chamfered surround and a shallow pointed arch supporting a massive lintel, leading to a plank door. A datestone above is inscribed "R W M." Originally, a 12-light double chamfered mullioned window with three king mullions was on the ground floor to the left; this has been altered to an 8-light window and incorporates an entrance with a plank door. A former staircase window has a chamfered surround and a round arch. A 2-light chamfered mullioned window was added in the 20th century where a door previously stood. On the ground floor to the right is a former 6-light double chamfered mullioned window with a king mullion, now reduced to a 4-light window, with the outer mullions missing. A dripmould runs over the former staircase window and descends to the right of the main entrance. Four 3-light double chamfered mullioned windows are on the upper floor, along with a chamfered round-arched staircase window and a small 20th-century window to the left. The windows have casements installed around 1975. Gable end and ridge stacks are present.

At the rear is a 17th-century chamfered entrance, a plank door, three ground-floor and two upper-floor double chamfered mullioned windows, and a small chamfered staircase window. Inside the front room to the left of the entrance is a late 17th-century fireplace with a chamfered surround and 13 voussoirs. A mid-18th-century fireplace was inserted within the larger structure and modified in the mid-20th century. Behind this fireplace, in the cross-passage, two scarfed spine beams were initially believed to indicate a mid-17th-century timber firehood, but this feature has since been removed. The presence of two fireplaces back-to-back would be unusual; it’s more probable the fireplace was turned around when the late 17th-century inglenook was constructed. A late 17th-century fireplace with a chamfered surround and a basket arch of 15 voussoirs is in the rear (kitchen) wing of the cottage, along with secondary mortices to take upper floor joists, now removed. The roof contains an altered king post truss.