Tewes (EHER 36202)

Late 15th century manor house. On the north-west side of the house is an ornamental pond - it was not part of a moat.

NRHE data transfer: Tewes Farm (NAT). <1> A small house largely 16th and 17th century, though the original may date from the late 15th century. There are the remains of a moat. Grade II. <2> Small manor house of late 15th century date. <3> Tewes, Grade II*. Fine example of a late 15th century moated manor house with the remains of a moat. It is a timber-framed and plastered house with many 16th and 17th century features. <4> Tewes Farm, house and barn, about 1,100 yards WNW of the church. The house was built probably in 1541, the date (restored) on the original central chimney-stack. The plan is L-shaped, with the wings extending towards the north-eat and north-west, and there are modern additions on the north-west side. On the south-east front the upper storey projects. The central Hall, now divided into two rooms, has, in the north-east wall, a doorway of oak, with moulded jambs and four-centred head, and carved spandrels; in the ceiling are moulded and carved beams, and part of the wall-plate and some of the joists are moulded. The rooms on each side of the hall have similar moulded beams and joists. The south-west room has a carved wall-plate and panelling of late 16th or early 17th century date. The south-east room has two original windows, now blocked, and only visible inside the building; they are each of four lights, with moulded mullions. In the upper storey are some doors of oak battens, and a panelled door; one door-frame is fitted with heavy metal sockets to take a bar. <5> April 1975. Field survey. Tewes Farm is as described, has a stuccoed exterior and is not outstanding. On the north-west side of the house is an ornamental pond that is complete as shown on the OS 25". It was not part of a moat; the sloping south-east ground here would prohibit a complete circuit of water. <6>