Manton is a village situated roughly equidistant from both Peterborough and Leicester in Rutland, near the southern edge of Rutland Water. Standing just to the N of the church of St. Mary in Manton is a building known as the Priory and attached to its N side is the Cottage, a coursed rubble structure of two stories. In the W wall of the cottage is a small, round-headed Romanesque window.

There is almost nothing known about the origins of this cottage. The Historic England database suggests that it may have been part of a medieval chantry or a Norman hall.

Pevsner notes that this round-headed window is medieval. The simplicity and sculptural efficiency of the design with its continuous chamfered edge suggests that it is indeed of 11th or 12thc origin and a rare survival.

For the nearby church of St Mary see: https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=112288