Upper Cound House

Upper Cound House is a farmhouse, now a house, dating to the late 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the 18th, early, mid- and late 19th centuries. The main structure is timber framed with painted brick nogging on a sandstone rubble plinth. Sections have been rebuilt or added with red brick, and the roofs are covered with plain tiles and some slate. It has an H-plan, featuring a central hall range, likely of two or three timber-framed bays aligned north-east/south-west, flanked by projecting gabled cross-wings, and a later addition to the south-east. The north-east portion has one storey and an attic over a basement, while the rear has two storeys.

The north-west front has a dentil brick eaves cornice on the left side and a parapeted gable end to the right cross-wing. Dormers with two-light wooden casements are visible; one gabled semi-dormer on the left and a gabled dormer on the right. A brick ridge stack is centrally located, with integral brick lateral stacks to the left cross-wing and the rear addition. The timber framing consists of square panels, three from sole-plate to wall-plate. The right-hand cross-wing showcases an exposed collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts. The cross-wings have contemporary two-light wooden casements on the first floor, a 19th-century segmental-headed wooden cross-window on the first floor of the left-hand cross-wing and a 20th-century three-light wooden casement on the ground floor. A 20th-century lean-to addition in front of the hall range has three-light leaded wooden casements, a half-glazed door, and a recessed porch with a four-light leaded wooden casement and a boarded door.

On the left return front are two bays with ground-floor segmental-headed wooden cross-windows and segmental-headed basement windows. A flat-roofed eaves dormer at the rear of the hall range has a two-light leaded casement, while the rear of the south-west cross-wing features 19th-century three-light segmental-headed wooden casements, and the rear of the north-west cross-wing has 19th-century two-light segmental-headed wooden casements. A rear addition from the early 19th century has a dentil brick eaves cornice and has two storeys and two bays with glazing bar sashes. A painted imitation sash is on the first floor to the right, and a slightly segmental-headed ground-floor window is to the left. A 20th-century four-panelled door with a hipped porch featuring leaded half-glazed doors and flanking leaded lights is located on the right.

The interior, which was not inspected, is reportedly characterized by a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel, chamfered beams, ledged doors, oak staircases, oak panelling, moulded cornices, and timber-framed cross-walls.