Harbury House

Harbury House is a house with a rear range likely dating from the 17th century, and a front range constructed in the mid-18th century, with further remodelling occurring in the mid to late 18th century. The front range is built of limestone ashlar with a plinth, ironstone quoins, a splayed cornice, and stone dressings. The rear wing has a squared coursed limestone facade on its left return side, and regular coursed limestone on the right. The roof is tiled, with a hip to the front and coped gable parapets to the rear, and includes 20th-century brick lateral and ridge stacks.

The building is arranged with a central staircase in a T-plan with a wing to the rear, extending over two storeys and an attic. The symmetrical front facade has a three-window arrangement. A moulded six-panelled door is set beneath a stone, pedimented Tuscan Doric doorcase featuring pilasters and a moulded round arch with imposts and a keystone, approached by three moulded stone steps. Plate glass sashes are fitted, with a central round-arched twelve-pane sash. Stone architraves with keystones frame all windows. A central roof dormer has moulded bargeboards and a 20th-century top-hung casement, while similar dormers are present on the return sides, each featuring a six-pane sash. An enlarged opening with a 20th-century French window is located on the left return side of the rear wing.

The rear wing contains a small central gable and two large gables. A central 20th-century glazed door leads to a through passage. The fenestration is irregular, with a mix of 18th- and 19th-century one- and two-light casements with glazing bars, alongside some 20th-century casements; most openings have stone flat arches. The right return side of the rear wing is a symmetrical three-bay range featuring an 18th or early 19th-century flush six-panelled door with a hood on simple reeded brackets, approached by three stone steps. A segmental-arched cellar window is positioned to the left.

The interior of the house includes a spacious open-well staircase with column-on-vase balusters, a scrolled open string, and a modillion cornice. There are fielded six-panelled doors and diagonally-set stone flags on the ground floor. One room features an egg-and-dart cornice, while another has a moulded cornice, alongside panelled shutters and 20th-century fireplaces. A first floor room to the left is distinguished by an acanthus leaf cornice. The back staircase has a fret balustrade. The rear range has two-panelled doors with L-hinges, and some flush-panelled shutters. The kitchen has an open fireplace with a rough bressumer. A first-floor room contains boxed cross beams and the attic has three-plank doors and strap hinges. The roof structure features trenched purlin roofs.