Cambridge Academy Of English

This is a house, originally built as a rectory around 1730 and later enlarged in the early 19th century, now used as a language school. The brick facade is painted and rendered, topped with a low-pitched slate roof featuring eaves boarding. Internal brick stacks are present. The building has a double pile plan, meaning it is two rooms deep. The original five-bay front was extended to the left in the early 19th century, with a three-storey, canted bay added to the right side at the same time. It has three storeys, including an attic. Four recessed sash windows, some repaired in the mid-20th century and featuring glazing bars, are visible on the front facade. The doorway is now off-centre, set behind an early 19th-century flat-roofed brick porch with a panelled door and a fanlight with glazing bars. A Doric portico, also from the early 19th century, leads to the north doorway and accesses the former incumbent's study. The garden side has early 19th-century window pelmets. Inside, the hall and stairwell contain an original open-string staircase with turned balusters, a moulded rail, and a curved curtail. Original panelling at two heights is found on the first floor, with egg and dart moulding around the panels. Some early 17th-century panelling has been reused at the rear of the house, and the back staircase features several flights and early 18th-century balusters.