The Manor House is listed in the Domesday Book under the possessions of William Fitz Ansculf (The Baron of Dudley). It is believed that the Manor was built in 1230, and restored between 1957 and 1965. In 1713 the house was bought by Sir Samuel Clarke, and finally sold up in 1823 to the Earl of Dartmouth, James Smith. It was then that the building began to fall into a state of disrepair. On his death in 1829 it was passed on to his trustees and by 1836 was converted into flat-lets where three families lived until the 1880s. These conversions completely converged and concealed the Manor House until it was discovered while under demolition in the 1950s. Saved and restored most of the original manor house was still intact. Paranormal sightings have included a man with a black beard seen forlornly looking out of the windows, a person wearing a black and a grey haired little old woman. In the ladies toilets, reports have been received from children saying that they have seen black pointed shoes peeping out from under a toilet cubicle.