Manor Farmhouse and Front Boundary Railings

Farmhouse. Dating from the early and late 17th century, with a later extension. The south portion is built of Ham stone ashlar, while the extension uses coursed rubble. The south portion has a plain clay tile roof over stone slate base courses, whereas the north section and extension have a double Roman clay tile roof, mostly with coped gables. Brick and stone chimney stacks are present. The earliest part of the house is a ‘T’ plan, with a two-storey, four-bay east elevation. Bay 1 is a plain projecting gable. Bays 1 and 2 likely date from the early 17th century, featuring a plinth and moulded cill course. Bay 2 has hollow-chamfer mullioned windows within wave-mould recesses, with a three-light window above and a four-light window below. At mezzanine level, there is a stairlight. Bay 3 has a lower roof and no plinth but an eaves course; a 20th-century three-light mullioned window sits below an old label and above a four-pane casement window with leaded panes and an iron-framed opening casement. To the left is a moulded, cambered-arched doorway with a boarded door. Bay 4 is later, with a two-light plain mullioned window above and a re-used 13th-century style doorway below, with a 20th-century casement to the left of what was formerly a blocked doorway. The south return elevation mirrors this arrangement, with two bays where bay 1 is a gable end, featuring a three-light window under a label above and a three-plus-one light corner window below; bay 2 has a three-light window above and a four-light window below, also under an old label. Reports indicate the south section of the interior was originally a north gable-entry, three-room plan. The north room has a cambered-arched doorway, a nine-panel ceiling with cambered beams, a cambered arched fireplace, and evidence of a former gable staircase. Partitions are of wattle and daub, with cambered arched stone doorways. A small, cambered arch fireplace is located in the wing room. The first north extension includes a cross-passage, leading to a kitchen with a stone oven next to the fireplace and a second staircase. The second north extension, likely 19th century, is of lesser interest. Original roof trusses remain. Spear-point railings with curved braced standards and urn finials extend from the corner of bay 1, along the east façade, with a return at the north end. A pair of matching gates are positioned opposite the main door. These railings contribute to the setting of an interesting farmhouse with several unusual features.