The Archdeaconry

The Archdeaconry is a house with an 18th-century remodelling of an earlier building, and later alterations. The structure is predominantly brick in Flemish bond, with some timber framing, and has a Kent tile hipped roof. Originally based on a 3-room, cross-passage plan, the layout has been significantly altered and obscured.

The main range has a varied roofline and a large central ridge stack. A mid-18th century cross-wing is located to the left, featuring two shallow, tall external lateral stacks. To the right is another cross-wing projecting forward as a storeyed coachhouse, now used as a garage. The front has three distinct elements, with a central five-window range featuring a regular facade and an entrance set within a moulded architrave, topped by a swan-necked pediment, to the left. A chamfered brick plinth runs along the base. Most windows are 12-pane sashes; the first-floor window in the centre has been blocked. A dentilled cornice runs along the top. Two hipped dormers are present. The taller two-window cross-wing to the left has a symmetrical facade with a moulded and dentilled cornice (which returns to all sides) and 12-pane sash windows set within rubbed brick arches. The lower coachhouse range to the right has a renewed elliptical arched vehicle opening on the front, and two 12-pane sash windows to the left return.

The rear elevation has irregular window placement, apart from the 18th-century cross-wing, which mirrors the front. Much of the rear is weatherboarded. A gable bay contains a two-light stair window above a 12-pane sash. Window bays to the left have three-light casements to the ground and second floors, and a 16-pane sash to the first floor. To the right, a tripartite sash sits above a doorway with a wooden architrave featuring fluted pilasters, a dentilled entablature with triglyphs, and a moulded cornice.

The interior has not been inspected.