Ancaster House

Ancaster House is a house dating from the 17th century, substantially altered in the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and red brick, with ashlar dressings, and has a pantile roof with stone coped gables and two brick gable stacks. The house is arranged in an L-shape. The front is a two-storey, three-bay composition in red brick, with a stone plinth, rusticated quoins, and a narrow stone cornice. The flanking bays are slightly bowed across both storeys. A central 19th-century six-panelled glazed door is set beneath a traceried fanlight, with a small stone doorcase featuring slender engaged Tuscan columns, narrow frieze, and cornice. This door is flanked by single 19th-century glazing bar sash bow windows. Above the central sash window are two further bow sash windows, all windows having reeded surrounds with corner rosettes and later Venetian shutters. The gable walls and rear wing are of coursed limestone rubble. Inside, an elliptical iron balustraded staircase is located in a curved rear projection. The principal rooms retain contemporary fireplaces, moulded plaster cornices, and panelled doors. In the entrance hall, there are two reeded blank arches set into the side walls.