Carrygate

Carrygate is a house built between 1938 and 1942 by architect Raymond McGrath for Sir Charles Keene. The building features a ground floor made of red brick, likely from the 16th century, with elm weatherboarding on the first floor and a mainly monopitch roof covered in felt. There are two brick stacks located at the rear, and the structure has a long range that curves away to the left. The house is two storeys tall and has six wide casement windows. The first floor has a recessed section on the centre left, and the entrance door is positioned to the left under a flat-topped porch. There is a small alteration on the right side where the furthest window has replaced garage doors.

The exterior of the house remains largely unchanged since it was built, except for the replacement of a wide French window in the Drawing Room, which is still in its original frame. Inside, minor alterations have been made to service rooms and the secondary staircase has been replaced, but the principal curving staircase and several wooden fittings designed by McGrath remain intact. The Dining Room features flooring, furniture, and doors made of Tasmanian silk wood, while the Drawing Room has bookshelves likely made of burr oak. The first-floor study contains bookcases and cupboards made of walnut, and there are additional bookcases and wardrobes in the bedrooms. The windows, which may have originally been stained rather than painted, have only been partially renewed as needed and still retain their original fittings.

The surrounding garden, designed by Christopher Tunnard, includes many specimen trees. Carrygate is one of only two or three houses designed by McGrath in the UK. The bricks used for the construction were sourced from Beaudesert in Staffordshire. The house was featured in Country Life on 7 August 1942, pages 266-269, and is incorrectly referred to as Norton Gorse in Pevsner's writings.