Brief Description
Features of Manor Farm include yew hedges and a Victorian summerhouse.
History
Manor Farm was established in the 17th century as a private residence.
Detailed Description
The house lies next to the village church on the south side, and a path leads from the garden across the churchyard to the south porch. Behind a yew hedge in the front garden is a Victorian summerhouse, still in use.
The rear of the house is joined to a large Tudor tithe barn which forms part of a courtyard. To the south of the house is a pair of lofty horse chestnuts. Large garden areas extend to the east of the tithe barn enclosed by beech hedges.
- Features
- Pond
- Description: The pond was dug and filled in in the 1980s.
- Summerhouse
- Description: Victorian summerhouse.
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- Path
- Description: The paths were installed, along with the hedge, in the 1970s.
- Manor House (featured building)
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- Authorities
Civil Parish
- Bassingbourn cum
- History
Detailed History
Manor Farm has a typical Queen Anne façade, but its origins are a 17th-century timber building.
- References
Contributors
Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust