23 and 25 Dodington

House, now divided. Early to mid 16th century, partly rebuilt and enlarged in the late 18th century, and front remodelled around 1900. Timber framed with brick nogging, painted to rear. Partly rebuilt or refaced and extended in red brick. Planted timbers to first floor at front in quatrefoil and other patterns. Plain tile roof. H-plan.

Hall range of two framed bays with cross wings of two framed bays and a later wing to rear. The hall range is one storey and attic with two storey cross-wings and a rear wing of two storeys with gable-lit attic. The building features a chamfered plinth, slightly-jettied first floor, and jettied gables with planted moulded tie-beams and planted moulded cambered collars, all with brackets. An integral brick lateral stack stands to the right, and a large external brick end stack to the rear of the right-hand wing with stone-coped parapet. A pair of central gabled eaves dormers contain two-light 20th century wooden casements. The front elevation has four windows: three-light wooden casements with segmental heads and chamfered painted stone cills to the ground floor. A pair of six-panelled doors to the centre is covered by a lean-to porch on curved brackets. Louvred basement openings serve the cross wings. The left-hand gable end displays a toothed-brick floor band, planted timbers in the gable, a first floor segmental-headed two-light wooden casement, and a boarded door.

The rear of the hall range shows timber framing to the first floor and an exposed collar and tie-beam truss in the rear gable end of the right-hand cross wing. The late 18th century rear wing has a parapeted gable end with stone coping and shaped stone kneelers, a brick ridge stack, and an integral brick end stack. Its south-east front has two windows: three-light wooden casements with segmental relieving arches. A boarded door off-centre to the left has a segmental relieving arch. A two storey late 18th century infill in the angle of the rear of the left-hand cross wing and rear wing features a stone-coped parapeted gable end and a lateral stack.

The interior was divided around 1900 but retains earlier fabric and fittings. The building contains 16th century deep-chamfered ceiling beams. An 18th century L-plan oak staircase with landing features an open string with cut brackets, moulded nosings, and column-on-vase balusters, with each tread having a central unfluted column on a plain vase flanked by iron-twist columns on wreathed vases. The ramped toad-back moulded hand-rail is wreathed with three-quarter splay and the foot newel is formed from four clustered balusters. Ramped panelled dado and lower side with raised and fielded panelling line the staircase. An 18th century archway at the foot of the staircase has fluted Doric antae and an elliptical arch with moulded architrave and fluted keystone. A 17th century panelled door opens into the stair hall.

The right-hand ground floor rear room has a chamfered ogee arch into the hall range and a plank and muntin door to the cellar. A large open fireplace with wooden lintel and beaded boxed surround of around 1800 features a moulded cornice and a cupboard to the right. In the ground floor right-hand rear wing, a chamfered beam and 17th century dado rail are present, along with a pair of 18th century depressed archways with antae.

The first floor landing has dado panelling. The first floor right-hand front room contains an 18th century plaster dentil cornice. The first floor rear room displays exposed close-studded framing in the rear wall of the hall range and a collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts.

The roof is largely 16th century, comprising collar and cambered tie-beam trusses with queen struts, single purlins, and straight wind braces, with wattle and daub infill panels. The late 18th century roof over the rear wing consists of elbowed upper cruck trusses with collars and pairs of purlins.