The Churchill

The Churchill is a house, later converted into a hotel, dating from circa 1827. It is constructed of sandstone ashlar to the front facade, with white brick side walls and red brick to the rear walls and chimneys. The roof is hipped and covered in slate.

The building is two storeys with an attic and cellars, featuring a symmetrical facade. The front comprises one bay on each side of a bowed central section. It includes a plinth, a moulded first-floor sill band, and overhanging eaves. The windows are glazing bar sashes. Outer bay windows have architraves, those on the ground floor with cornices. The bowed central section has three windows on each floor; ground floor windows have semicircular heads and moulded imposts, while first-floor windows have architraves. A timber lantern of rectangular plan rises above the central section, featuring three glazing bar sash windows facing forwards and a chimney at each of its four corners.

The left-hand return wall is of three bays with glazing bar sash windows and stone architraves. A small, un-sashed window is located to the left of the entrance. A port-cochere is supported by square piers and has a plain entablature. The front door consists of four panels with flanking lights. To the right is a three-storey bay of red brick, representing the side wall of a rear wing, with glazing bar sash windows. The right-hand return wall, facing north-east, is of five bays and has cellar windows.

The rear of the building incorporates a small yard enclosed by single-storey outbuildings and a brick wall with cast-iron railings featuring finials with anthemion ornament.

The interior includes a stair hall that extends through the full height of the building, lit by the central lantern. The staircase has cantilevered stone treads and first-floor landings on two sides, with enriched cast-iron balustrading featuring honeysuckle ornament. Decorative plasterwork with cornucopias and foliage is positioned below the lantern light. A ground-floor room within the central bow has a curved white marble fireplace adorned with foliage patterns and paterae on the frieze; the ceiling has further foliage decoration.