12 - Manor House

The Manor House dating back to 1210 A.D. was part of the area that included the Church and is said to have been built by the monks of Lenton Priory. The present owners are descendants of the family who used to own two gypsum mines in the Gotham.

There are some interesting features in the house: some of the rafters and beams are old ships’ timbers; the floors are of plaster and some of the areas in the attic are divided into cell-like compartments, which may have been used by monks or nuns, also for storing grain as many of the sides have been worn down possibly by the sacks being lifted over them. There is said to have been once an underground passage to the Church with the entrance located behind a fireplace.
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The Manor Farm and outbuildings on Moor Lane, are now under separate ownership and some have been converted to houses, equestrian centre and livery stable. Although the barn has been modernised it can still be seen where the threshing machine was positioned to deal with the harvest.

During WWI German prisoners-of-war were billeted at this farm.