Eaton House

Eaton House is a farmhouse, built around 1840 and subsequently converted into a house. It is constructed from red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with ashlar stone dressings and a plain tile roof. The building is two storeys high with an attic. The front elevation has three bays arranged symmetrically. A central, gabled porch with a four-centered arch provides access. Above the porch is a three-light casement window, with a chamfered stone sill and lintel, and a diamond-patterned lattice design that features in all the windows. Stone kneelers and coping adorn the gable, which includes a central window-slit. Similar three-light windows are found on the ground and first floors to either side of the porch. The left-hand side of the building also presents three bays symmetrically arranged, with slightly projecting gabled wings flanking a recessed central section. The recessed centre has four-light latticed casement windows on both the ground and first floors. The wings contain three-light windows on both floors, and the gables have two-light attic windows. A central gabled attic dormer features plain bargeboards and a decorated bargepost. The lateral gables have ashlar kneelers and coping. The house was originally built as an Egerton farmhouse, and shares stylistic similarities with Park House on King’s Lane in Rushton.