The Old Governor'S House And Attached House

The Old Governor's House and attached house are two dwellings built around 1796, with an extension added around 1816. The original building is of rendered brick with a hipped M-shaped roof covered in concrete tiles, while the 1816 extension has a hipped roof of Welsh slate. Rendered brick stacks are present on both parts of the building.

The 1796 range, known as The Old Governor's House, is of a double-depth plan and has a symmetrical three-window facade to the east, with sash windows. The west elevation of this range is two-storey and has a two-window range with semi-circular arched sash windows, glazing bars, raised quoin strips, and a continuous parapet. The 1816 extension, a single-storey block of five bays, also features raised quoin strips and a parapet. The west elevation of the extension's entrance bay has a panelled door with a fanlight within a semi-circular arched architrave, a portico with fluted columns, and semi-circular arched sash windows with glazing bars. The south elevation is characterized by 12-pane sashes set in square-headed architraves.

Inside The Old Governor's House are panelled doors set in moulded wood architraves, an open-well staircase with stick balusters and a ramped handrail, and an early 19th-century first-floor fireplace with roundels. The interior of the adjoining house has not been inspected.

The building was constructed as part of a prisoner of war camp established in 1796 to house 8,000 Dutch and French prisoners. The camp is now a scheduled Ancient Monument.