Dunham House And Attached Walls And Stable

Dunham House is a house with attached walls and a stable, dating to the 17th century and the mid-18th century. The house was refronted in the 18th century. It is constructed of painted render over red brick with a dressed coursed rubble plinth. The roof is covered in slate, with a wooden eaves cornice. There are two stacks, each with four shafts. The house has two storeys and five bays, with a first-floor band. The central doorway is approached by three steps, featuring a panelled door and a traceried overlight within a reveal. Fluted Doric pilasters support an entablature with paterae and a pediment. There are two multi-pane sash windows on either side of the doorway, with two similar sashes above. To the right, set back, is a single-storey, two-bay late 18th century stable constructed from red brick with a pantile roof. It has dentil eaves, a raised and coped gable, a small multi-pane fixed window, and a doorway with a stable door to the right. A single-storey, four-bay 20th century range of outbuildings is located to the right, and a lean-to extends from the left. There is a lower wing to the rear of the house.

A red brick wall, with a dressed coursed rubble base and moulded brick coping, extends from the southwest side of the house. After three metres, it turns at a right angle and continues eastwards for twelve metres, interrupted by a central gateway with single piers featuring ashlar coping and orb finials, flanking an iron gate with three semi-circular steps leading down to the pavement. A higher red brick wall with less elaborate coping, broken by a gateway with a wooden gate, extends eastwards for seventeen metres. A similar low wall, with a gateway and an iron gate flanked by two ashlar coped piers, extends from the southeast corner of the house for three metres, meeting the front wall.

Inside, the southwest room has late 17th century bolection moulded panels and a fireplace. The northeast room has a large fireplace, now partially blocked, with a bressummer. A late 17th century dogleg staircase features turned and twisted balusters.