Poston House

Poston House is a building originally constructed as a casino, now serving as a dwelling. It was likely built around 1765, with alterations and extensions made around 1882. The design is attributed to Sir William Chambers for Sir Edward Boughton. The structure features finely coursed rubble with sandstone dressings, brick, and stucco, topped with a slate roof. A rectangular roof light illuminates the central hall, and there are stacks on each side and to the right of the center.

The north facade includes a rotunda with a north-facing tetrastyle Tuscan portico, which has c1890 wings added to the east and west. The columns of the portico are made of stuccoed brick, and the wooden pediment features alternating dentils along its three sides. A six-panelled 18th-century door is complemented by an enriched wrought-iron frieze above. The late 19th-century wings are two stories high, gabled at the outer ends, and feature paired sashes under segmental heads with hammer-dressed keystones.

The rear elevation consists of seven windows and is dominated by the central rotunda, which has a 12-pane sash window in the center and an 8-pane sash window on each side. Inside, the entrance lobby contains a 19th-century dog-leg pine staircase with a gallery at the rear. The cellar features a game-larder with iron racks and a passageway around the base of the rotunda. The entrance to the rotunda is through a curved door, and to the right is a late 18th-century wooden chimney piece with a panel above it. On either side of the entrance door are plain niches with enriched borders, and opposite the chimney piece is a four-light display cupboard with a panel above. The dome of the rotunda is plain and shallow, resting above a thin frieze.

Notably, Lewis Carroll's brother, who served as the vicar of Vowchurch, had a daughter who married into the family residing at Poston House.