Old Italian tore down manor (5)
I believe the answer is:
roman
'old italian' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tore down manor' is the wordplay.
'manor' can be anagrammed to 'ROMAN'.
However, I am unsure how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for roman that I've seen before include "Like the English alphabet" , "From Italy's capital" , "Plain upright print style" , "Plain upright type" , "eg Brutus" .)