Phillips House

House. Dated 1703, as shown by the keystone on the garden front. The house is constructed of brick with stone dressings, a hipped slate roof, and large end stacks. It has a rectangular plan, five bays wide by three deep, aligned north/south. The building is two storeys high with a basement and attic. The west elevation, which is the entrance front, features a slightly projecting central bay. The basement is built of stone with chamfered two-light mullioned windows. The piano nobile (main floor) has cross casements, as does the first floor, except over the entrance where there is a central 24-pane glazing bar sash window. There are three symmetrically placed dormers with segmental heads. Stone quoins and a string course run between the two principal floors. The central entrance is approached by a short flight of steps, leading to a moulded architrave, scrolled open pediment, and a late 19th-century four-panelled door, set beneath a transom light. Deep wooden moulded eaves have a dentilled cornice. Brick stacks with four recessed panels flank the ends of the elevation. A two-storey wing extends to the south, incorporating a leaded wrought iron cross casement to the left, and above it, an early 18th-century 24-pane glazing bar sash. The garden front is similar in appearance, with glazing bar sashes. An early 19th-century canted bay window covers the two bays to the right of the central entrance, topped with an open pediment without scrolls, a moulded brick string course, and keystones. Attached to either side of the bay are one-bay, two-storey wings, probably dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, with the north wing slightly taller than the south. The interior is reported to contain notable features, including a staircase and panelling, as documented in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments volume II, page 132.