Flaxmoor

Flaxmoor is a house with a mid-15th century core, and significant alterations dating to the 16th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. The colourwashed brick exterior is finished with a black pantiled roof. It is a double pile building, meaning it has rooms on both sides of a central passage, and stands two storeys high with an attic.

The facade is arranged over six bays. A square, recessed porch has a moulded brick arch supported by iron twist columns. The front door is panelled and has side lights, topped by a semi-circular over-light. All windows are sashes, and retain their original shutters. A flat brick cornice runs along the eaves, and a deep, bell-shaped roof hangs over the timber overhang. Four gabled dormers, each with a round arched facing, rise from the attic. Internal gable stacks are present, and one is positioned on the ridge towards the right. There is some crumbling at the south-west gable and decorative kneelers on the parapet.

A rectilinear ogee-shaped greenhouse, constructed by Boulton and Paul in the late 19th century, abuts the south wall. The rear of the house has two storeys, with renewed and some 19th-century sash windows set within segmental arches. A dentil eaves cornice is also present. A cross wing on the left side was altered in the 1880s to create a kitchen, featuring two windows with glazing bars.

A gabled stair tower, rising to the full height of the house, contains scattered, renewed windows, but retains a staircase dating to the mid-16th century. The kitchen contains ceiling beams from the mid-16th century, with ovolo and cavetto stops and incised decoration.