Westfield

Westfield is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations and extensions in the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally a timber-framed building, the front is now stuccoed and masonry-lined, with a red brick rear range and a yellow gault brick east range (all in Flemish bond). The left flank is weatherboarded. The roofs are hipped, covered in Welsh slate, with a double-hipped rear. Red and yellow brick chimneys are present.

The original design was a two-cell lobby entry plan, which was expanded in the early 18th century with a three-bay rear range to create a double-depth plan. Further extensions were added in the early 19th century. The front elevation has three storeys and a basement. The first floor has three widely spaced nine-pane sash windows with Gothic lancet-arched tracery; the second floor has three six-pane windows of a similar style. On the ground floor are a taller twelve-pane window to the left and a recessed 19th-century leaded light door with sidelights in the centre. A small six-pane sash window is positioned to the right. Most windows in the extensions and on the flank elevations also feature Gothic lancet tracery in the top sashes. Narrow, flat-roofed, single-storey extensions are at the left and right, and a two-storey wing is set back to the left (east).

The rear elevation displays three narrow bays to the left (east) and a wider single bay to the right (west), reflecting different phases of construction. The left side is in red brick, with a straight joint to the yellow brick extension, now uniformly colourwashed. To the east is a two-storey, one-bay extension with flush-set twelve-pane sash windows with rubbed brick flat arches above. A plat band runs at first-floor level. The second floor has three six-pane sash windows, with a later window to the right. The ground floor has two taller twelve-pane sashes to the left, a rear doorway in the centre, and an early 19th-century door with margin glazing and a fanlight above, all within an architraved frame. To the right are early 19th-century French windows with traceried heads, beneath a flat rubbed brick arch. A basement door leads to a rear garden, with two basement windows below the ground floor windows. A large, mid-19th-century timber-framed glazed conservatory with ornamental fretted ridge and iron finials is positioned to the right (west), with twin-leaf margin glazed doors to the garden and moulded colonnettes and cornice to the sidelights.

The interior of the 17th-century front range has been altered, but retains a chamfered beam with tongue stop and an elliptical-arched opening to the rear staircase hall. The rear kitchen features a 19th-century fitted dresser. The early 19th-century staircase has an open string with stick balusters, a later newel post, and rear sash windows with quadrant bars and fitted seats. The basement includes a leaded-light window, lattice doors, and an infilled well. First-floor and attic rooms were largely refitted in the 19th century, but some original details remain, including four-panel doors with HL-hinges and a good early 19th-century cupboard in an attic bedroom.