Bembridge Lodge

Bembridge Lodge is a house built around 1820 to 1830, constructed from coursed stone rubble with a slate roof. The building features a central block that is two storeys high and has three bays, flanked by lower pavilions. The central block has a hipped roof and is topped by tall brick chimneys. On the first floor, there are three casement windows, while the ground floor has two triple casements with cambered head linings and a diamond motif. The central doorcase, which is a 20th-century replacement, includes a triangular pediment, pilasters, and a round-headed entrance with double doors. The original design featured a curved pediment, rectangular fanlight, and an eight-panelled door. The end pavilions, originally one storey, were raised likely in the late 19th century. Each pavilion has two semi-dormers with casements and a triple casement on the ground floor with a cambered head and diamond pattern in the head linings. The rear elevation is adorned with cast iron balconettes.

Inside, the entrance hall features a cornice with plastered ovolo moulding and heavy brackets. There is a curved staircase with stick balusters and a mahogany handrail. Several six-fielded panelled doors have reeded architraves with lion's head paterae. Three ground floor rooms boast cornices with plumed friezes and wheat ear decorations. The living room includes a black marble fireplace with circular paterae, while another room has a white marble fireplace with a reeded frieze, paterae, and a panel depicting a reclining female figure and a lion. Two additional rooms have connecting doors with square paterae on the architraves, and each ends with a white marble fireplace featuring a panel showing the Goddess Ceres with a windmill, with the panels being identical but reversed. The house was once known as Fairoak Pavilion, and the current owner possesses the original architectural model of the house.