Great Amwell House

Great Amwell House is a house that has been divided into separate dwellings, largely dating from the 18th century with significant extensions added in the 19th century and later. The central portion is built of red brick, while the front and extensions are of yellow brick with stucco bands. The main part of the house is a rectangular block of two storeys with mansarded attics at the rear, but it rises to three storeys on the western garden front, where it features a bowed front with an arcade of panels on the ground floor. The roof is hipped and mirrors the bowed front, with a central valley. The house follows a double pile plan and has side chimneys. A narrow, two-storey extension projects to the north, featuring a bow window and a curved segmental link on the garden front. On the rear wall, facing the entrance court, is a large stucco sundial. The entrance is on the south side of the court, under a domed porch supported by Tuscan columns. A two-storey, irregular extension adjoins the main block to the south, containing a wide elliptical arched doorway leading to the garden and transomed windows on the upper floor. Recessed sash windows with glazing bars are found elsewhere.