Copcut House

Copcut House is a house built in the mid-18th century, with alterations and additions made in the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick, partly covered in stucco, with ashlar dressings and a plain tiled roof that is hipped at the north wing. The house has three storeys and a cellar, featuring a plinth and a moulded eaves cornice. Originally, it was an 18th-century structure aligned on a north/south axis, but the north end was rebuilt and extended in the early 19th century with a large, taller wing that has a hipped roof. A rear range was also added, parallel to the original, with a new staircase and stair light filling the gap between them.

The front elevation consists of two plus two bays. The windows are glazing bar sashes with moulded architraves. The left two bays of the earlier house feature a tripartite window at ground floor level, surrounded by an ashlar frame with pilasters and an entablature topped with a modillion cornice. To the left of this window is the main entrance, which has a projecting porch supported by clasping pilasters, an entablature with a modillion cornice, and side walls with round-arched recesses and dropped keyblocks. The door has six raised and fielded panels, a transom light with two glazing bars, and is flanked by moulded wood pilasters. The two bays of the large 19th-century addition also have ground floor windows with similar ashlar detailing.

Inside, the interior has seen little alteration since the 19th-century work was completed. The kitchen at the rear left retains two bread ovens and a boiler, and the dairy remains intact. The cellar runs diagonally across the full width of the house, likely indicating the original layout.