Linden House

Linden House, formerly known as The Rectory, is an early 18th-century house that was reworked in the later 18th century. It is located in Eversholt, Church End. The earlier elevations are built with English bond brickwork, with a significant number of vitrified bricks and red brick dressings. The front elevation is of red brick laid in header bond. The roof is hipped, and it is covered with a mix of clay tiles and 20th-century tiles. The building has a complex plan, likely originally L-shaped, and extends over two storeys with attics.

The front elevation has a five-bay facade, with the left-hand bay being wider than the others. A 19th-century canted bay window has been added to the left-hand side of the ground floor. The windows are flush-sashed with moulded frames and glazing bars. The ground floor windows have flat brick arches above them. The central window appears to replace an original doorway. Two roof lights are in the attic. The left-hand side elevation has an irregular arrangement of windows, mostly sashes, some of which retain thick glazing bars. The ground floor windows again have flat brick arches. A part-glazed door is set within a moulded surround. A variety of brick chimney stacks are visible.

Inside, the house retains early and later 18th-century pine panelling in two ground floor rooms and in the staircase. There’s also a pine fireplace surround in the right-hand ground floor room.