Oakley House

Oakley House is a house that has been developed in three main phases: the 17th century, the mid to late 18th century, and the mid-20th century. It features a timber frame with plastered walls and roofs that are primarily covered with pantiles. The main 18th-century section has glazed black pantiles on the front and plain tiles on the rear. The house is two storeys high with attics.

The front displays a four-bay mid to late 18th-century range, characterized by a modillion eaves cornice, sash windows with glazing bars in flush frames, and three original shallow-gabled dormer windows with square-leaded glass. There are gable stacks as well. To the right, there is a 17th-century cross-wing that includes half-height sash windows and Y-traceried gable windows with square-leaded panes. On the left side, a mid-20th-century range incorporates an 18th-century doorway with an eared architrave, panelled reveals, and a door featuring nine raised and fielded panels. The mid-20th-century porch is designed in Roman Ionic style.

At the rear, there are various additions, one of which features a bell turret supported by four square columns, topped with a pyramidal roof and a wind vane. Inside, the 18th-century work includes a well stair with carved tread-ends, three turned balusters per tread, and circular newels, along with a ramped handrail made of pine. The main first-floor room has quarter-round reeded corner columns with acanthus capitals, supporting an enriched Vitruvian scroll frieze. There are moulded cornices in the dining room and stairwell, as well as various archways and arched recesses from the 18th and early 19th centuries. The 17th-century range retains some plain exposed studding and an ovolo floor beam.