Ensdon House

Ensdon House is a large farmhouse or small country house built in the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a two-span slate roof. The building has two storeys and an attic over a basement, with three storeys at the rear. The exterior includes a plinth with a stepped top, a moulded stone eaves cornice, and a central three-bay triangular pediment that has a square attic window in the tympanum. The gable ends are parapeted with stone copings and moulded kneelers. There are pairs of brick stacks located in the valley, slightly off-centre to the left and right.

The facade is arranged in a 1:3:1 bay pattern with a central break. It features boxed plate-glass sash windows with painted stone cills and gauged-brick heads. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door, all glazed, which is adorned with an impost moulding, a fanlight with intersecting Gothick tracery, and panelled reveals and soffit. The doorcase is made of painted stone in the Doric style, with a moulded architrave and keystone, and unfluted pilasters that support sections of a triglyph frieze and triangular pediment. A flight of seven grey sandstone steps leads up to the entrance, flanked by plain wrought-iron railings that have a ramped handrail and square-section standards at the base with urn finials and curved stanchions. There are two blocked segmental-headed basement windows on the left side.

The left and right gable ends each have two bays. The attic features segmental-headed two-light horizontal-sliding glazing bar sashes, while the first floor has segmental-headed three-light wooden mullioned and transomed casements, and the ground floor includes four-light Venetian windows with wooden casements and curved Y-tracery in the central arch. Central down-pipes are present from the valley gutter. At the rear, there are a pair of second-floor leaded lunettes at the centre and four first-floor segmental-headed wooden cross windows, with the two central windows positioned lower to illuminate the staircase.

Inside, there is a three-flight dog-leg oak staircase with a landing, open string, moulded nosings, stick balusters (three per tread), a ramped moulded handrail, and columnular newel posts. The foot of the staircase was altered in the late 20th century.