More information : (SP 562370) Manor House (LB) (Site of) (1) Moated manor house, in "a spot .....situated in a triangle formed by two streams, one from the north west, the other from the west, which unite and flow south-east". (2) Site visible NE of the village (3) This site has recently been levelled, there are no surveyable remains. (4) The moated site consisted of a small rectangular island, 30 m. by 40 m. apparently raised slightly above the adjacent ground and surrounded by a deep ditch 12 m. wide. The ditch on the NE side and part of the island had already been damaged before destruction, by the realignment and deepening of the original stream. On the SW side was a larger rectangular island 60 m. by 45 m., surrounded by a ditch 10 m. wide with a causewayed entrance in the centre of the short NW side. There was a large external bank to the SE of both islands. In the surrounding area was a number of shallow ditches and low banks, some defining former paddocks or closes, others apparently for water. To the NW of the site (SP 561371) was a small rectangular embanked pond, probably contemporary with the moated site and perhaps for fish. During the destruction of the site in 1970 short lengths of foundations and what appeared to be a central courtyard were discovered as well as traces of a large timber building lying over an earlier structure. Pottery of the C14th was found. Much more pottery of the same date had been found previously (local inf). (4)
Descheduled. (5) |