Draycott House

Draycott House is a house located in the parish of Draycott and Church Wilne, dating from the late 18th century, with some minor alterations and additions from the 20th century. It is possibly designed by Joseph Pickford of Derby. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a deep stone plinth topped with a sill band. The hipped roof is covered with graduated slate and has brick ridge stacks, along with a bracketed eaves cornice and a blocking course above.

The house has three storeys and three bays, with the central bays on the west and south elevations being advanced and pedimented. The south elevation includes a mid-19th century Doric porch supported by four columns, which features a blocking course and a moulded cornice. This porch covers a mid-19th century doorcase with central glazed double doors flanked by narrow sidelights and a traceried fanlight above. On either side of the porch, there are full-height glazing bar sash windows under rusticated lintels with double keystones; the original openings have been lengthened. Above these are two more glazing bar sashes beside a central Venetian window, also with glazing bar sashes. Further up, there are two smaller glazing bar sashes on either side and a central Diocletian window with glazing bar sashes.

To the east side of the house, there is a single-storey addition from the 20th century. The west elevation features a two-storey blind arch in the centre bay, with raised stone impost bands and a rusticated semi-circular head. Inside the arch on the ground floor is a glazing bar sash set in a moulded shouldered surround, supported on moulded brackets, with a pulvinated frieze and triangular pediment above. Flanking this are glazing bar sashes under rusticated lintels with double keystones. There is also a similar inserted window to the north. Above, there are two similar windows and an inserted glazing bar sash within the blind arch. At the top, two smaller windows are on either side, with a central sash in a moulded shouldered surround on brackets.

The interior retains the original 18th-century staircase, featuring knopped balusters and a wreathed handrail.