The Elms

The Elms, likely built around 1850, is a large Gothic style house possibly designed by E Browning for his own residence. It stands on the boundary between the parishes of St Martin's Without and Wothorpe. The building incorporates reused medieval fragments and has a Collyweston stone roof. The asymmetrical facade features projecting gables, including one incorporated into a truncated stair tower with shouldered lancet windows. A Romanesque doorway with a single order of shafts leads to the entrance, flanked by three small lancets, two featuring reused Norman heads with zigzag carving. A single-storey lean-to is set back to the right, featuring a reused three-light Perpendicular traceried window. Further features include a gabled semi-dormer and two asymmetrical projecting gables, one with a chimney stack having terracotta shafts. Stone mullion windows are prominent, some of which are reused medieval traceried windows. A two-storey canted bay is located on the south-west end, while the north-west side exhibits gabled windows in a Gothic style. Inside, the hall, vestibule, library, and lining hall are distinguished by coffered timber ceilings. The hall features a dado with reused medieval traceried panels, a 15th-century frieze, a Jacobean style screen, and a staircase with twisted balusters and a pierced string with consoles. The library contains fine carved medieval (and 16th-century?) panels and pilasters reworked into Victorian panelling, with Victorian stencilled walls.