Weldon House

Weldon House is a house dating from the 17th century, significantly altered in the early 19th century and with a 19th-century rear wing and extension. The entire building was heavily refurbished in the 1970s.

The original core of the house is constructed of banded ironstone and limestone rubble, with a Collyweston slate roof, coped gables, and ashlar chimneys. The right chimney has two square shafts and moulded neckings and cornices. The front elevation was formerly rendered, but this was removed in the 1970s, and the wall was partly rebuilt to remove traces of the original 17th-century window surrounds. The house is two storeys and an attic, with three bays. It has 19th-century sash windows, with four panes flanking three panes, set within raised limestone surrounds and keyblocks. The central doorway is a 20th-century addition, featuring a semi-circular fanlight in an arched surround with key and impost blocks. A small, blocked window is located below the eaves to the left of the central sash. A tall, narrow lean-to is situated to the right, possibly originally for closets, with a small first-floor light and traces of other blocked openings. The right gable end has a two-light chamfered stone window with a square mullion to the first floor, and a chamfered attic light. The left gable also has single lights in stone surrounds, chamfered to the first floor and ovolo-moulded to the attic. A 20th-century first-floor oriel window is also present.

The rear wing features a 19th-century coursed ironstone wall with Uppingham stone quoins and a lintel band, a Collyweston slate roof, and coped gables. It includes an ashlar chimney matching the front range. The wing contains 20th-century, three-light, leaded casement windows with shaped stone lintels and keyblocks, along with a similar two-light window in a blocked doorway to the left. A 19th-century extension projects to the right and is similarly styled, with a 20th-century door in its left return.

Inside, the right bay contains a fireplace with an ovolo-moulded limestone surround. A large fireplace in the left bay was removed in the 1970s and replaced with a moulded stone fireplace taken from the first floor. A re-sited tablet dated LS 1761 is located in the rear wing. The roof was re-laid in the 1970s with a steel frame replacing the original timber structure, which previously featured cambered collars, butt purlins, and curved wind-braces.