Hovenden House

Hovenden House is a small country house, now serving as a Cheshire Home, built in 1911. It features orange, red, and blue brick construction with steeply pitched hipped plain tile roofs. The projecting moulded wooden eaves are adorned with moulded brick dentillations, and the house has one ridge stack and four lateral stacks. The design is H-plan, with two storeys and an attic, presenting a nine-bay east front that includes a plinth, a first-floor band, and quoins.

The central bay projects slightly and is decorated with blue brick diaper patterns, while the outer two bays on each side project further forward. The central doorway is framed by a moulded ashlar doorcase topped with an open pediment featuring a cartouche, an ornate overlight, and double panelled doors. There are four glazing bar sash windows on each side of the doorway, with nine glazing bar sashes above, all fitted with flush wedge lintels. The house also has three hipped dormers with two-light casements.

On the south front, which has three bays, blue brick diaper decoration is again present, along with outer projecting two-storey canted bays. The central doorway here features double glazing bar doors with an ashlar cartouche above. There are three glazing bar sashes on each side across both storeys and a single glazing bar sash above the doorway, with all windows having flush wedge lintels. This side also includes three hipped dormers with two-light casements. Inside, the house boasts panelled rooms and a fine contemporary staircase.