The Manor House

The Manor House is a farmhouse, now used as a dwelling, dating to the mid-17th century. It was restored in the late 1940s and again in 1985. The facade is constructed of squared and coursed chert and limestone with quoins, while the rear is roughcast. It has a hipped thatched roof and a gable-fronted end bay to the right with coped verges. A roughcast stack is located to the left of the entrance and in the centre of the right return.

The building follows an 'L' shape, facing roughly east, although its precise evolution is unclear without an interior inspection. It originally comprised two cells and a through passage with a stair turret opening out of the passage. A further addition exists to the north-west.

The house has two storeys plus an attic, with a 2:1 bay arrangement. It features ovolo-moulded stone mullioned windows. A blocked three-light window with a hood mould is in the gable end bay to the right; a painted window simulating glazing bars is above it. Below this is a four-light window under a relieving arch and hood mould. A small window is positioned below the eaves above the entrance, and a similar three-light window is to the left, with the end of a beam projecting beyond. On the ground floor to the left is a four-light window, followed by a ribbed, 17th-century style door, and a five-light window to the right under a relieving arch. A single-light window in a stone surround with a hood mould marks the end of the right side. The right return has one and two bays; a three-light window is on the first floor, and two leaded iron three-light casements are to the right. Ground-floor windows and a plank door are also present.

On the rear elevation of the north-west wing, the gable of the stair turret projects, featuring a two-light leaded iron casement.

The interior has been extensively altered and was not inspected during assessment. A partition on the right side of the through passage has been removed. A large stack is set against the rear (west) wall. The small single light window within the corner of the east (front) wall lights an unknown subdivision. The house contains chamfered spine beams with stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. The hall stack has a depressed four-centred arch lintel with a small chamfer, while the first-floor fireplace is a small depressed four-centred arch. Two jointed cruck trusses stand over the hall to the south of the through passage and, supposedly, are not smoke-blackened.

Opinions differ as to whether the building started as an open hall house. It may have been a 16th-century house refronted and refenestrated in the mid-17th century, although 20th-century alterations have removed many potentially dateable features. There is no evidence to suggest it was a manor house.