Danyells

Danyells is a large house that dates back to around 1700, built on the site of an earlier structure and later extended and altered in the 19th century. The building features a timber frame that is rendered and roughcast, with an exposed brick base. It has a steeply pitched half hipped tiled roof and is double depth with a four-window front. The house has two storeys and attics, with a central entrance that includes a six-panelled door set in a reveal, flanked by fluted pilaster jambs and topped with a later bracketed hood. The windows are flush frame glazing bar sashes, with smaller versions on the first floor, and the exterior displays combed pargetting and coved eaves. A central three-light hipped dormer is present, along with two stacks in the central valley; the right stack was rebuilt in the 19th century, while the left has been recapped and is multiform.

On the right end of the house, there are cellar openings, two ground floor sashes, one first floor sash, and two small two-light attic casements. The left end features a ground floor sash, four small first floor sashes, and two small two-light attic casements. Attached to the left are two low gabled outshuts, with the rear one serving as a dairy that includes a stack and an entrance, along with a lean-to on the left. At the rear, steps lead up to the central entrance, which has a bracketed dentilled hood. The rear also has scattered sashes, including a tripartite window on the ground floor right and a three-light stair window in the centre.

Inside, some of the framing is exposed, showing cross bracing that suggests origins from the 15th century or earlier. The ground floor features reset 17th-century elements, including ovolo-moulded panelling and stop-chamfered binding beams. There is an open well staircase with an original moulded handrail, closed string, and square newel posts. On the first floor, there is a reset 16th-century clunch fireplace with a four-centred ovolo-moulded arch and jambs, an outer square head, and foliate spandrels with shields. The roof is a clasped purlin type. The house is situated on a moated site.