NHER 16725 (Building record) - Manor Farm, Coston Lane

House, probably remnant of an Elizabethan E-shaped house. Part recased in 18th century. [1]
Contemporary outbuilding.
Stands on a probable medieval manorial site, possibly once moated.
Coin of Henry VIII said to have been found.
See (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 25 March 1982.

Manor Farmhouse and boundary wall with gate piers;
17th century west wing of flint with occasional brick headers and brick dressings. 18th century brick east wing. Plaintiled roofs. L-plan. Two storeys and attics. West facade formerly of three bays of large windows all blocked or reduced except for one of 4 arched lights with rendered brick mullions. Stepped north gable with massive stack survives in part despite 18th century hipped roof. Two dormers with hipped roofs. Re-faced to rear and east wins added. Three-light mullioned windows beneath cambered arches, a rectangular bay window, two simple doorways and a dentiled plat-band. Tumbling-in on east gable. Fine late 17th century garden wall of brick and flint with rusticated brick gate piers.

Manor Farm Barn:
Barn, formerly a house. 17th century; converted in the 18th century.
Flint with occasional brick headers and brick dressings. Pantiled roof. Blocked doorway with a brick pediment above on south wall. Gable-end wall with a blocked window of 4 arched lights and a rectangular hood-mould. Three blocked 18th century openings with three-centred arches. 18th century roof. Later extensions to side and rear.
Information from (S2).
S. Spooner (NLA) 19 April 2006