Fransham Place

Fransham Place is a former rectory built around 1800 and later. The building features colour washed gault brick at the front and red brick, with some flint, concrete tile, and pantile roofs. It has a main block that is three storeys high and three bays wide, with shorter top storey, and low single storey wings on either side, along with a two-storey service wing at the rear. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, set beneath skewback arches and enclosed within semicircular arches at the ground floor. The central entrance has a two-leaf front door with a porch supported by two pairs of columns, although the original Ionic capitals are now lost. Above the door is an aedicule window featuring consoles, pilasters, and a flat hood. The side wings have angle pilasters, moulded cornices, parapets, and single sash windows with glazing bars. The service wing includes an arched stair window with radiating glazing bars. There is a mid-19th century extension to the service wing, which has a flint facade and a single two-light Y-traceried Gothic window at the first floor. Inside, the building boasts some fine plasterwork, including egg-and-dart cornices and vine scrolls. The staircase is apsidal, featuring simple square-sectioned balusters and a swept mahogany handrail.