Building record 1513000000 - Ellesborough Manor

Ellesborough Manor is a mid-19th century building orignally known as Ellesborough Rectory. Since 1950 it has been a retirement home for the clergy, their wives and widows. Ellesborough Manor is completely hidden from public view by the mature trees that surround it, save for a small portion, the stables, at the back of the house which abuts Church Hill. From the private drive the manor is an impressive sight. In yellow brick with slate roof and carefully gauged brick arches over the large sash windows and central doorway. The mid-19th century building has been extended over the years. These extensions are sympathetic to the parent building in style and materials yet also sucessfully incorporate individual detailing to distinguish them from the original house. Modern extensions introduce stone dressings above the windows and in the most recent extension red brick decoration within the walls. A significant building within the Conservation Area of Ellesborough (B1).