St Ibbs Bush

St. Ibbs Bush is an 18th-century house that was altered and extended in 1818 for Sir Francis Willis. The grounds were expanded in 1820 over a disused Quaker graveyard to the south. The house is traditionally said to have served as a meeting house in the past. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with red rubbed flat arches and features hipped roofs made of red tile, while the southern link and stable block have slate roofs.

This large house has two storeys and attics, set back from the road on a rise facing east, with a double-pile plan and projecting wings. There is a tall rectangular coach house block connected by a lower stable at the southeast corner, and a lower rectangular service block attached to the north with twin hipped roofs. The symmetrical east front has two box dormers behind a parapet over a recessed centre.

The wide eaves all around have shaped brackets supporting a plastered soffit. The front has three sash windows with small panes, arranged in a pattern of triple sashes with 2/2, 6/6, and 2/2 panes. The central entrance features a wide segmental arched head above a fanlight, narrow side-lights, and a moulded six-panel door accessed by two moulded stone steps. There is a reeded frame with corner blocks and a narrow single-light window in the angle on each floor.