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Manor House, Swavesey in 1976Manor house. Late medieval, early C17 with C19 alterations. Timber framed and plastered, C17 red brick, and C19 gault brick; plain tile roofs. Two storeys; two late medieval crosswings with central hall range rebuilt early C17.
The manor was purchased in 1549 by the 4th Sir John Cutts (1525-1554), of Horham Hall, Essex; his son, 5th Sir John Cutts of Childerly Hall Cambridge ‘built a very pretty retyring house there’, (Swavesey) (Cole). The manor was called Bennets, and was sold by the Cutts family in 1718 to Mr Bacon.
1851:
Henry Wiles, 46, farmer 1060 acres employing 44 labourers, b Hunts
Sarah, 32, b Landbeach
Katherine, 6, b Swavesey
Alice S, 5, b Swavesey
Annette, 1, b Swavesey
Susan Mitham, servant, 18, b Swavesey
Ann Hick, servant, 19, b Fen Drayton
Charlotte Dodson, servant, 15, b Swavesey
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