Manor Farmhouse

Manor Farmhouse is a country house built in the late 18th century for the Kinglake family. The building has been partly refenestrated and extensively altered at the rear in 1985. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with Ham stone dressings, featuring a parallel range and half hipped clay tiled roofs. The left gable end wing has a rebuilt brick stack from the 20th century, while the right gable end retains an 18th-century brick stack.

The plan consists of a parallel range with flanking wings and raised parapets at the front gable ends. The house is two storeys high with a façade of 1:2:1:2:1 bays. The main five bays have a parapet with a moulded cornice, and the centre slightly projects forward. The wings have a moulded cornice set lower, with blind window openings. The main block features 12-pane sash windows with painted brick lintels, and there is a semi-circular head 9-pane stairlight window. A flat string band runs below the windows.

The entrance is marked by a Ham stone flat-roofed Ionic porch with pilaster responds, a semi-circular headed doorframe with a boarded fanlight, and a six flush panel door with inserted upper lights, with reveals incised to resemble panels. The house has two bay returns and has been extensively altered and refenestrated on the rear elevation.

Inside, the interior is largely featureless except for a late 18th-century plaster cornice and a painted pine chimney piece in the front room on the right. This house is unexpectedly grand for its location.