Gardnor House

Gardnor House is a detached house built around 1736 for Thomas Gardnor. It was refronted at both the back and front in the early 19th century. The house features a slated mansard roof with dormers and tall brick chimney stacks.

The exterior consists of three storeys and attics. The north-east elevation is made of 19th-century yellow stock brick and includes plain brick clasping pilasters at the corners. It has a double front with three windows and a 20th-century reproduction Georgian doorcase that has a console bracketed hood and a part-glazed door. The ground floor has French windows with margin glazing, while the upper floor has recessed sash windows, all topped with gauged brick flat arches. A parapet completes this elevation.

The north-west elevation is patched brown brick, also featuring plain brick clasping pilasters. It has a ground floor French window and a central first-floor window with a gauged red brick round arch and keystone, topped by a tall segmental-arched sash with a gauged red brick head, dressings, and a moulded brick sill band with paterae linking to the keystone below. There is a small sash window to the right, and the elevation retains original lead rain-water heads and pipes, one inscribed with the year 1736.

The south-west elevation is constructed of 19th-century yellow stock brick with plain brick clasping pilasters and features a central three-window bowed bay that rises the full height of the building, along with a parapet.

The south-east elevation is made of brown brick with plain brick clasping pilasters and also has a parapet.

The interior has not been inspected but is noted to retain a good quality interior, including a wide 18th-century panelled open staircase with turned balusters, column newels, and carved brackets. Some original doorcases remain, while most rooms feature early 19th-century cornices, doorcases, and fireplaces.