Ditchingham House

Ditchingham House is a late 18th-century house that has been remodelled in the late 19th century and is now subdivided. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped roof covered with black glazed pantiles, set behind a parapet. The house stands 2 and a half storeys tall and has a layout of three by four bays.

The north facade has three bays, with two ground floor polygonal bays that showcase decorative leaded glazing. There is a later central porch, which is now glazed in, supported by four Tuscan columns and topped with an impressive cornice. The porch includes two-leaf glazed doors and a half-glazed entrance door framed by a moulded architrave. On the first floor, there are two sash windows with glazing bars, and above the porch is a tall two-light window with two transoms and semicircular heads to the lights, also featuring decorative leaded glazing. A moulded brick modillion cornice runs below the eaves parapet, and there are square attic sashes.

The east elevation consists of four bays, featuring two 2-storey canted bays with sashes, which are adorned with a moulded string course and cornice, and a panelled parapet topped with ball-finials. Above, there are four attic sashes, and a central chimney stack is present.

The rear elevation has three bays and includes a central half-glazed door, which is framed by a door surround with a pediment on console brackets. To the right side, there is a square one-storey porch with parapet railings and first-floor glazed access doors. A lower 2-storey range extends to the west, featuring a large square 2-storey bay with 20th-century metal casements and an off-centre chimney stack. Additionally, there is a lower 2-storey, 2-bay extension to the west that incorporates a garden wall with semicircular-headed blind arcading. Ditchingham House was formerly the home of the writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard.