Cheney Longville House And Attached Outbuilding Range

Cheney Longville House is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations and additions made in 1767 and later changes including work in 1952. The house is constructed of dressed stone, with the rear partially rendered and whitewashed, and has tile roofs. It is arranged around a central hall plan with gabled cross wings.

The exterior has irregular window placement, including 3-light casements to the left gable and a canted bay on the ground floor to the right. The recessed central section has a single-storey entrance section with a datestone indicating 1952. Moulded stone string courses run along the sides of the wings and across the centre. A datestone marked ‘DTL 1767’ is visible on the left gable. The left end features a two-window range of 3-light casements and a bay with a central pediment dormer containing a lunette window. The rear wing has a hipped roof. The rear elevation has irregular fenestration, including some 20th-century additions, a gable to the left, a large timber-framed dormer to the centre-right, and an external stack at the far right. The right end has a leaded cross window, and a 20th-century link connects to an attached outbuilding range.

Inside, the hall contains a large open fireplace with a bressumer. The hall passage has dado panelling and panelled doors. The drawing room has full-height mid-18th century raised and fielded panelling. The staircase hall features plastered cross-beams, and a staircase with turned balusters and a ramped handrail. The first floor has been re-ordered but retains heavy bridging beams, largely plastered. The attic includes a roof truss of substantial timber, a timber-framed dormer, and a heavy roof structure with through purlins dating to 1767, which incorporates a re-used moulded beam dated 1683.

The attached outbuilding range, now partly used as domestic accommodation, is of the 17th and early 18th centuries, and is constructed with walls made of square panel timber-framing and coursed rubble stone.