Frampton House

Frampton House is a small country house, now used as a home for elderly people. It was built in 1792 for Thomas Tunnard, with minor alterations in the 20th century. The house is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with ashlar and yellow brick dressings. It has a hipped slate roof with lead details and two red brick ridge stacks.

The house is three storeys high and has a five-bay front, arranged as 1:3:1, with the central bays projecting and topped by a pediment. It has a short ashlar plinth, ashlar bands on the first and second floors, a dentilated frieze, cornice, and an ashlar balustraded parapet. The main entrance features a half-glazed door within panelled reveals, with a traceried fanlight under an ashlar architrave. The doorway is framed by an open, pedimented doorcase supported on Doric columns. Flanking the entrance are pairs of glazing bar sash windows. Above are five similar windows to the first floor and five smaller windows to the second floor. All windows have flat, moulded brick arches with stepped, fluted keyblocks. A blank shield with vine leaf swags, surmounted by a rabbit and tulip (representing the Tunnard family), is set within the pediment. The date "1792" is carved into the ashlar plinth on the right side, and the left-hand chimney stack is dated "1797".

The right-hand side front has a four-bay design and includes an eight-panelled door with side lights, sheltered by an early 19th-century open brick porch with yellow brick dressings, a dentilated gable, and semi-circular arched openings. A blank shield is present within the pediment. The windows on this side are glazing bar sashes, some tripartite, all with rubbed brick arches and plain keyblocks.

Inside, a stick baluster dogleg staircase has a carved string and wreathed moulded handrail, along with a dado rail and wooden pilasters. There is an acanthus leaf plaster cornice, elliptical panelled arches to the stair hall and landings. A mid-19th century fireplace in the right-hand room features polished dark marble, a cast brass fillet with cherubs in oval surrounds, a dentilated cornice, a fluted wooden fire surround with panelled sides, a dado rail, and a panelled semi-circular headed niche. Mahogany eight-panelled doors are found throughout, along with an egg and dart cornice. A fine dining room in the rear wing features Adam-style designs on wall panels and the ceiling, incorporating harebell chains, ribbons, and oval cartouches with classical figures. There is a honeysuckle frieze, a fluted chair rail, and a fine fire surround with flutes and garlanded urns.