Leadenham House

Leadenham House is a small country house built between 1790 and 1799, with additions made from 1826 to 1829, and further alterations by Detmar Blow around 1903. The house is constructed of ashlar and dressed limestone rubble, featuring ashlar dressings, and has a slate hipped roof with two ashlar ridge stacks. It is 2½ storeys high and has a west entrance front with seven bays, which includes a plinth, a ground floor cill band, a first floor band and cill band, a second floor band, and a moulded cornice with a parapet.

The slightly recessed central bay features a projecting canted porch from 1826, supported by pilasters and topped with a parapet. The central doorway has double panelled doors, with single glazing bar sashes on either side. There are three glazing bar sashes on each side of the porch. Above, there is a central tripartite glazing bar sash with a flat hood, flanked by three glazing bar sashes on each side. The uppermost section has a central small tripartite glazing bar sash, with three small glazing bar sashes on either side.

The north and south fronts are identical, made of dressed rubble with ashlar quoins, and consist of four bays with glazing bar sashes throughout. The south front features a low two-storey, six-bay wing extending east, added in 1826, which includes an off-centre double glazed doorway flanked by two glazing bar sashes, with five glazing bar sashes above. The eastern bay has a double glazed doorway flanked by narrow glazing bar sashes, with three round-headed blind arches above, all topped with a pediment. There is also an early 19th-century extension to the northeast.

Inside, the house boasts a fine stone cantilevered three-flight staircase with plain wooden balusters. On the landing, there are two round-headed arches with pilasters and moulded tops, along with a simple Adam-style plaster ceiling. The dining room features a fine mid-18th century marble fireplace, while the remaining interiors are primarily early 19th century, showcasing marble fireplaces, moulded cornices, and dado rails. The morning room and drawing room both have panels of hand-painted oriental wallpaper introduced by Detmar Blow around 1903.