Walnut Tree Manor
A former farmhouse at Haughley with an early timber-framed core, later brickwork and successive nineteenth- and twentieth-century alterations.
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A former farmhouse at Haughley with an early timber-framed core, later brickwork and successive nineteenth- and twentieth-century alterations.
Register entry — WALNUT TREE MANOR. National Heritage List for England reference: 1032703. Recorded designation: Grade II listed building.
First listed: 1955-12-09. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1032703
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
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Record
- Former farmhouse
- United Kingdom
- Haughley
- East of England
- other
- 1955-12-09
Editorial reading
Historic England identifies Walnut Tree Manor as a former farmhouse. Its list description dates the main late-seventeenth-century work around an earlier core, probably of about 1600. Red brick partly encloses the timber framing, while some framing remains exposed at the rear. The record distinguishes this building history from its Grade II listing in 1955.
Later changes include nineteenth-century remodelling of the central frontage and twentieth-century window and entrance alterations. The description records blocked earlier openings, historic panelling and exposed framing as evidence of different phases. It also notes an association with Captain Oates of the Scott Antarctic Expedition.
Our editorial reading: the house's significance lies partly in the survival of an older structural core beneath later treatments. A uniform-looking elevation should not be assumed to represent a single building campaign.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1032703 (official list description consulted 21 October 2026).
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Sources & credits
Source record: Wikidata
Source record: Eigen redactie
Source record: National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
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