Thornham Cottage And Ilex House

This is a house, now divided into two separate dwellings, dating from the early to mid-17th century, with a datestone indicating 1624. It was previously listed as Thornham Cottage. The construction is of knapped and galleted flint, with carstone and brick dressings, and a black glazed pantiled roof. The main house is two storeys with attics, originally featuring three windows. A two-storey addition was built around 1800 to the east at the rear, and a gabled extension forming an “L” shape was added around 1900 to the east front.

The gabled porch at the front is built of knapped and galleted flint, incorporating squared carstone diapering and brick dressings. It has an open brick entrance arch on the ground floor, and a chamfered brick three-light casement window above, with a drip mould and the "R T A 1624" datestone. The porch has a brick-coped gable and a pantiled roof. To the west of the porch is a section with a single-light casement window on the ground floor and a paired casement on the first floor, with brick dressings and arched wooden frames. To the east, there is a ground floor single-light paired casement, and two first-floor windows: a single-light casement and a paired casement, also with brick dressings and Gothic arched wooden frames. There are brick quoins and a corbelled eaves cornice. Three two-light attic dormers with flat roofs and Gothic arched wooden frames are visible. Three 19th-century brick ridge stacks are present, with sets of four shafts to the east and west gables, and two shafts in the centre.

A cross wing was added around 1900 to the east end, constructed of squared clunch with brick dressings, and featuring single and two-light casement windows with Gothic arched wooden frames. The rear addition from around 1800 is of knapped flint, with two ground-floor sash windows with glazing bars, and two French doors. There are three first-floor sash windows with glazing bars and blind boxes. On the ground floor of the west side of the house is a panelled room dating from around 1700.