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Farmstead and possible site of manor. A manor house is thought to have stood near this vicinity (N Bogdan). Documentary evidence indicates the existence by the end of the 17th century of a two-storied hall, which was by then in a rather dilapidated condition. On the OS 1st edition map it is shown as a group of three buildings forming three sides of a court, part of the north building then un-roofed. To the south is an L-plan range and to the west a small mill pond and sluice to the west. By the time of the 2nd edition the un-roofed part of the northern building had been removed and the L-plan range extended to the south. Current maps indicate that further buildings have been added to the L-plan range. Of the group of three buildings that formerly stood to the north only the west range remains, partially derelict. A Level 1 standing building survey of this range was carried out in February 2015 prior to its demolition and replacement. It comprised three interconnecting units, the northernmost a one-and-a-half storey dwelling house built of regular squared rough-dressed pink granite blocks with regular stacked pinnings, and a date stone (1841) at the top of the south end of the east wall below the skew. The roof is of slate although the height of the skews indicates that originally it was thatched. Internally it was divided into three rooms each on the ground and upper floors. The middle compartment of the range was 4.5m by 6m but its function is unclear. The southernmost compartment may have comprised two bothies. It had two chimneys, one of squared granite, the other brick. Although largely built in the 19th century, some of the architectural detail suggests that part of an earlier higher status building survives, possibly the remnant of an earlier manor.
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