Landguard House

Landguard House is a house dating back to the 16th century, with later additions and alterations. It originally comprised an early 16th-century cross-wing, which was retained after the main range was rebuilt in the later 16th century. The house was remodelled in a Gothic style, believed to have occurred in 1885. It is two storeys and has attics. The structure is timber-framed and plastered, with a concrete plaintiled roof featuring 19th-century crested ridge tiles. The roof also has barge-boards with cusped soffits and spike finials, and a small-pane casement dormer similarly embellished. The chimneys are late 19th-century red brick, with twin square shafts set diagonally. The windows are late 19th-century, two-light casements with small panes and plaster hoodmoulds. There is a 19th-century two-panelled glazed entrance door, sheltered by a 20th-century gabled porch. The cross-wing retains good early 16th-century timber framing, likely originally used as a parlour, which features close-studding and a four-centred arched doorway. A large brick rear range was added in the early 19th century, creating a double-pile plan. This range is painted brick with corner pilasters, a slated roof, and small-pane sashes.