Nieuport House

Nieuport House is a country house, now used as a Latvian Home. It dates to the late 18th century, with later 19th-century and subsequent alterations. The house is constructed of brick with limestone dressings and Welsh slate roofs. The building has an irregular plan, comprising a central 18th-century block with 19th-century extensions and wings. It is two storeys high with attics.

The garden front, facing south-east, features a central block with a 2:3:2 window arrangement. It has late 19th-century sash windows in fluted surrounds with gauged brick heads. A gable pediment centres the composition, with eaves dentils. Giant pilasters define the gable and corners. Inside the pediment are three juxtaposed four-pane casements. Small, triangular 19th-century attic lights flank the pediment. Downstairs, a pair of 3-light 19th-century bay windows are dressed with limestone. The central entrance features limestone pilasters and a glazed late 19th-century door. Two three-window wings are attached to either side, each displaying two-storey pavilions with plat bands delineating the storeys.

The north elevation includes a large, late 19th-century Neo-Classical porch with a 3:3:3 bay layout. The central area presents three arches resting on rusticated jambs and Gibbs surrounds, topped by an entablature featuring two bovine skulls. Above, Tuscan columns with foliated abaci support a Roman Doric entablature.

The interior contains a large, late 19th-century staircase with twisted balusters, grouped in fours to form the newel posts. This staircase is top-lit and has a barrel-vaulted stained glass ceiling, flanked by richly pine-panelled ceilings. Two arches adjacent to the staircase on the ground floor feature marble columns, imposts, and richly carved capitals. A second late 19th-century staircase showcases iron lozenge balusters, an oak handrail, and is cantilevered across five flights. A third staircase, likely from the 18th century, located to the west of the main staircase, is a two-flight dog-leg design with turned oak balusters and a moulded handrail. The dining room is late 19th-century in style and features ceiling panelling in quatrefoils, rich oak doors, and a dado. Several late 19th-century marble fireplaces are present; one on the west side of the front features a row of heads set in medallions. According to information held by the Latvian Home, Nieuport House was reputedly the home of Sir John Oldcastle, a leader of the Lollards, and was rebuilt in 1774 for the Foley family.