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) |