Manor Farm - Traditional Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast

Manor Farmhouse is an attractive, spacious and comfortable home in which our family has offered traditional farmhouse B&B for more than 20 years, alongside our working arable farm. The family has lived and worked at Manor Farm since 1885.

The farmhouse dates from the 17th century, but during the last 300 years each generation has made its mark with additions and alterations. We have continued this tradition, and trust you will enjoy the brand new bathroom facilities we have recently added. The building is Grade II listed which means it is "of significant historical importance to the nation."

The following descriptive text is taken from the official Grade II listing:

"Farmhouse. 17th century, 18th century, and refaced mid 19th century. Original building timber framed, 18th century work in brick, English Bond, refacing in buff brick in Flemish bond. Tile and slated roofs. Two parallel blocks, the 17th century block to rear, extended eastwards in 18th century to 9 bays, with hipped roof to east end, extending beyond front block. Front block is of 4 bays, 2 storeys, with contemporary gabled porch with a round arched opening and half-glazed door in second bay. Twelve-paned tripartite sash windows to ground floor, 12-paned sashes above. Roof hipped at return on left. Stack between bays 3 and 4. Exposed framing survives on west gable of rear block, 3 panels high. Norwich Union fire mark on rear block."

Our walled garden has a 60m section of 18th or early 19th century Grade II listed cob wall which has recently been re-thatched, as has the garage near the guest parking area.

In Arthur Mee’s book “The King’s England” (1939) he describes “the church set amid thatched roofs and walls by the old Manor House now a farm” and later “A rise in the village is called ‘King’s Hill’ because it is said that, in the days when the farmhouse was still a Manor House, a certain Dame Pile met Charles Stuart on the hill and gave him a lapful of gold.”. There is no doubt that it was once a very substantial and imposing Manor House.

The farmhouse displays two very different building styles - 17th century with its timber framing, low ceilings and cosy rooms, and 18th / 19th century with much larger rooms, high ceilings and big windows. The two styles sit comfortably together, and we are fortunate in being able to offer several very different types of room to our B&B guests.