3 Palace Green

House, late 17th or early 18th century, probably built by Thomas Parsons' Charity. The building is constructed of gault brick with red brick dressings and clay-tiled roofs.

The house follows a double-pile plan and rises to two and a half storeys with a basement to the rear range. The south range contains internal stacks with chimneys above both gables. The main south elevation is symmetrical across five bays, featuring twelve-paned unhorned sash windows set almost flush with the brickwork beneath gauged red brick flat arches. Three dormer windows pierce the roof. The centrally placed front door is framed by a wooden surround with square pilasters and an open pediment with modillion detail, and has six fielded panels. A string course runs between storeys on all four elevations, executed in red brick to the south and gable ends, and gault brick to the north. A modillion cornice runs beneath the projecting eaves to the south. Windows to the gable ends have red brick surrounds and gauged red brick flat arches; several have been blocked with gault brick while others appear to be later insertions. The windows to the west gable end and north elevation are principally two or four-paned sashes; those on the east gable end comprise both twelve and two-paned lights, with casements to the ground floor beneath relieving arches. Three dormer windows occupy the roof of the north elevation. The ground floor of the west end features 1930s aluminium-framed French doors. A modern lean-to wraps around an external stack at the east end of the north elevation.

The ground floor contains a wide entrance hall flanked by reception rooms. To the north-east of the hall is an open-well staircase with closed string, twisted balusters and square newel-posts, accompanied by fielded wall panelling. A small cupboard beneath the stair has a two-panel door with late 17th-century H-shaped hinges. Four ground-floor rooms occupy the space: two within the south range flanking the hall, and two within the north range comprising the kitchen and dining room. Partition walls are lathe and plaster throughout; most doors are two-panelled, some with brass furniture.

The drawing room to the west of the hall displays full-height panelling with a dado rail and large bolection-moulded panels both above and below. Its fireplace, apparently a later addition possibly of the 19th century, has a flat marble surround with narrow inner moulding. The timber architrave and cornice supporting the mantel shelf are decorated with foliate design. The study to the east of the hall has panelling to dado height and flanking the window recess, together with a moulded cornice and moulded ceiling beam. A hatch in the north wall suggests a former function as a dining room, allowing direct kitchen access since interrupted by a corridor from the hall. The kitchen door, of plank and batten construction with strap hinges, opens from this corridor. Adjacent to it is a blocked cellar doorway, now accessed from the kitchen via a two-panelled door. A third plank and batten door opens onto a service stair rising through the cellar. Unpierced splat balusters have been recycled below this point to form a ventilated partition over an internal cellar door. The kitchen, though modernised, retains a chamfered ceiling beam with scroll stops. The cellar likewise contains a chamfered beam. The service stair separates the kitchen and dining room, which are connected by a narrow corridor to the north of the stair featuring panelled sliding cupboard doors. The dining room has two south doors, one to the hall and one to the drawing room.

The first floor comprises four rooms, one of which has been subdivided to create bathrooms. Surviving features include moulded cornices, beams and two-panelled doors. Of three remaining fireplaces, one is modern, one dates to the 19th century, and the third contains an 18th-century cast iron basket grate. A modern stair rises to the attics within the north range roof, a continuous space with partially exposed roof structure including staggered purlins, rafters and collars. The north range attic opens into ceiled rooms within the south roof space, subdivided by stud walls with both six and two-panelled doors.

To the north of the house and east of the garden stands a former stable block of rectangular plan, constructed of gault brick with slate roofs.