Manor Farmhouse

Farmhouse. Originally a late medieval open hall house, it was ceiled in the subsequent period and enlarged in the early to mid 17th century. Part of the structure was demolished in the early 20th century, and the rear wall was rebuilt in the mid to late 20th century. The exterior is roughcast over rubble, visible on the rebuilt southwest gable end, with a thatched roof, hipped to the left. A brick stack is located in the second bay from the left, and a large lateral stack is to the right of the original entrance.

The initial design comprised an open hall house, which was subsequently ceiled and extended one bay southwest (or lower and rebuilt), another bay added and later demolished, and a lower-roofed single-bay agricultural addition at the northeast end. The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a 1:3:1 bay arrangement. The eaves line is higher to the right of the stack. All the windows are renewed casements, and the lower-roofed addition has no windows on the first floor. There is an inserted window on the ground floor, and another to the right with an inserted 20th-century door. A wide, pointed arch, chamfered doorframe with a refaced door is situated beside the lateral stack.

Inside, the beams to the left of the through passage are boxed in. A grate has been blocked with a bread oven projecting into the rear of the current kitchen, a former scullery. To the right of the through passage is a plank and muntin screen with a depressed ogee-head opening leading to a room with a lateral stack and a blocked grate. An arch-head opening in the screen reveals a small room at the rear. A straight staircase rises in the through passage, featuring an arched head on the landing and turned newels.

To the right, a framed collar beam truss is visible above the plank and muntin screen. One open and another framed gable end incorporates two inserted doorways, now blocked. The facade wall features a depressed Tudor arch head Ham stone chimney piece. The end walls and sloping ceilings are embellished with cartouches containing strapwork decoration and biblical texts in English, along with rosettes on the gable end wall, dating from the early to mid 17th century. The colours are grey, black, and gold, and the paintings have recently been restored. Three pairs of jointed cruck trusses are visible to the northeast. A watercolour from around 1910 depicts the demolished southwest end bay with a hipped roof and a window on the first floor only.