Averham Park House

A house, originally built as a hunting lodge between 1718 and 1720, with additions made in the 20th century. It was constructed for Robert Sutton, Lord Lexington. The house is constructed of brick with hipped and gabled plain tile roofs. It has a brick plinth, a band at first-floor level, two ridge stacks and a single side wall stack. The house is arranged over two storeys plus garrets, and has seven bays to the main front, with a further two bays to the right. Most windows are glazing bar sash windows with rubbed brick heads.

The main south front has a projecting gabled central bay with stone steps leading to a semi-circular opening. A reeded timber doorcase with an overlight and a French window is centrally positioned, flanked by single sash windows and then two further sashes. Above, there are seven sashes, and above again, a central sash. To the right is a two-storey, two-bay service wing, built in 1924, with two sashes on each floor. The north end of this wing features two Yorkshire sashes with segmental heads. The main west front has a central projecting gabled bay with a 20th-century brick porch containing a French window with an overlight. To the left is a glazed door, and to the right a single sash window. Further single glazing bar sashes are present. Above, a central blank panel is flanked by two glazing bar sashes, with further single blank panels beyond. The service wing has a lean-to porch and a blocked window to the right, next to a single sash. Above is a pair of sashes. The south end of the service wing has a 20th-century brick porch with a hipped roof, flanked to the right by a single sash. Above are two sashes at different levels.

The interior contains thirteen monochrome paintings by Parmentier, dating to around 1720, located in the Entrance Lobby, Drawing Room, North Bedroom, Bedroom above the Hall and the South Bedroom. A staircase follows a dogleg pattern, with landings, square newels—some panelled, others turned—flat and moulded balusters, and moulded handrails and strings. The Hall and Lobby feature pilastered Classical doorcases with round heads and keystones. Principal rooms have panelled walls with chair rails and moulded cornices, along with panelled overmantels. Fitted cupboards with panelled doors are found in the Hall, Drawing Room and North Bedroom, and the Landing has a linen cupboard with panelled doors. Two early 19th-century hob grates and two 19th-century moulded stone fireplaces are present. The roof retains remains of a queen post structure with struts from collars to principal rafters, and three purlins.