The Elms

This is a late 18th-century house, originally built for William Marris, with later additions to the rear and internal alterations made in the early 19th century. The early sections are constructed from coursed limestone rubble with brick dressings, while later sections are built in red brick. The roof is covered with pantiles. The house has a double-depth plan with a central entrance hall at the front and a two-story extension set back to the right. It is symmetrical, with five bays. There is a brick plinth and a Doric doorcase featuring pilasters supporting a fluted entablature and an open dentilled pediment. The front door is a six-panel design with a radial fanlight set within an arched, panelled reveal. The windows are 12-pane sashes in flush wood surrounds, each with a stucco flat arch and projecting sills. The gables have tumbled-in brickwork with stone coping and shaped kneelers. Axial and end stacks are present. A single-story wing to the right has a panelled door with a carved stone grotesque head above and two casements with glazing bars, set within segmental brick arches.

Inside, there is an open well staircase with a ramped and wreathed handrail and column-on-vase balusters with square knops. The stairhall and front rooms feature early 19th-century moulded ceiling cornices. A rear ground floor study contains fitted Gothick cupboards. A quadrapartite plaster vaulting is found in the rear garden passage. The interior also includes panelled doors and window shutters, with beaded architraves decorated with floral motifs in the front rooms. The Gothick details are likely the work of William Fowler of Winterton (1761-1832) or his son Joseph (1791-1882).