The Manor And Manor Cottage

The Manor and Manor Cottage are two dwellings, originally a farmhouse, likely dating back to the late medieval period. Significant alterations and re-fenestration occurred between the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with substantial restoration in the early 1970s. The building is constructed of random rubble chert stone, partially roughcast, and has thatched roofs. There are external stone stacks on the north gable end and the north-west gable end.

The original plan may have been of an open hall house aligned north-south, with a roughly contemporary north-west kitchen wing and a south-east wing, now largely featureless. It was later ceiled into a three-cell and cross-passage layout. A single-storey, 20th-century porch fronts the building. The south range is now Manor Cottage, and the remainder is known as The Manor.

The front elevation has one and a half storeys and three bays. The gable end of the south-east wing projects to the left, with cambered lintels over 20th-century windows. Gable dormers are present on the main block, featuring windows rising from iron eaves. To the left, two bays have largely been rebuilt with 20th-century three-light windows. The taller dormer to the right incorporates a four-light, hollow-chamfered stone mullioned window with a hoodmould. A small 20th-century window sits beside a thatched porch on the ground floor to the left, alongside a Tudor-arch doorframe with incised spandrels. A 20th-century three-light window and a four-light, hollow-chamfered stone mullioned window with a hoodmould are on the right. The right return features a north gable end with a 20th-century window on the ground floor, a small glazed opening on the first floor, and a two-bay wing. The south and west fronts have 20th-century fenestration.

The interior was not inspected. It is unlikely that many of the features mentioned in a 1972 valuation report remain, though two pairs of jointed crick trusses in the north-west wing, a single pair in the south-east wing, and another to the left of the through passage may still be present. A plank and muntin screen with two shouldered doorframes is said to have been re-erected elsewhere in the house. The through passage stack is reported to have stone jambs and a lintel, and there is a stud and plank partition to the inner rood with stone jambs and a lintel. Evidence suggests the room was originally panelled, with a timber-framed partition to the kitchen, also with stone jambs and a lintel to the fireplace. A bread oven is located to the left.