Building record 0106900000 - MANOR FARMHOUSE, MAIN STREET

Dimensions - Length 17m, Width 10m.
Plan Form - Subrectangular.
Grade II. Pair of houses, formerly one. Late C16, altered C18 and C19. Some timber-framing inside. Exterior now brick,irregular thin brick to lower walls at front of 3 right hand bays, C18 first floor band course, C18-C19 chequer brick to first floor. Left bay is C19 addition with no band course. Old tile hipped roof. 4 rebuilt brick chimney stacks with square shafts set diagonally on bases with moulded dentils. Each shaft has off-set dentil head. Stacks to left and to rear right each have 2 shafts, the latter on external stone base. Stacks to centre front and rear each have 3 shafts, diagonal flanking rectangular. 2 storeys, 4 bays. C20 3-light leaded casements. Lobby entry to centre has 2 doors in C20 gabled brick porch. Right-hand corner has arched brick buttress, small brick barn with tiled roof attached to left. RCHM II p 204-5 MON 7 (B3).
The Manor Farm was probably built early in the C16th, and practically rebuilt in the C17th. It was subsequently almost entirely rebuilt with brick. The roofs are tiled. On the East side of the house is some C17th timber-framing and a projecting chimney stack. The lower part is probably of the C16th and is partly of stone in large squared blocks, with a chamfered plinth and splayed set-back. Above the stonework,the chimney stack is of brick, in thin course and probably C17th, and the two diagonal shafts are C18th brick, restored at the top. Condition - Good, much altered and restored ( (B1).
Negative evaluation carried out in farmyard by Archaeological Services and Consultancy Ltd in July 2003 (B5).