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The Manor
The Manor in
1989.
The Manor, as it is now called, is a fine Grade II listed house,
with bay windows on either side of the central door. It bears
the date 1664, but its rather random-looking mix of stone and
brick shows that it has been altered over the years. It seems
most likely that it was originally built of stone, with the
brick indicating repairs or alterations. There is a more modern
extension to the rear.
A postcard from
about 1950, showing the view up Back Lane, with the Manor on the
left.
The name 'Manor' does not truly belong to this
house, as the Hall, a few yards up the hill on the other side
of the road, was where the Lord of the Manor once lived. The
name 'Manor' was given to the house in the 1930s.
There is a story (with at present no known documentary
proof) that the house was built for the Lee family after the
restoration of the monarchy in 1660, as a reward for service
to the crown. Certainly the house appears to have been occupied
by Lees for several centuries. The Lee family have several memorials
in the church dating from 1677 to 1807 and members of the family
lived in this house up till the 1880s.
The house in about 1900, with members of the
West family.
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