Kennet Orley

This house, known as Kennet Orley, was built in 1909 by Sir Mervyn Macartney in a Free William and Mary style. It is constructed of red brick with plat band brick quoins, and has gauged window heads with alternating projecting voussoirs and keystones. The eaves are deep, with a panelled soffit to the hipped tile roof, which now has three later hipped dormers with casements, along with a 20th-century square dormer. The overall design is a T-plan, incorporating a single-storey service wing to the right.

The house is two storeys and an attic, with five bays where the window widths vary slightly. The first floor has leaded, two-light mullioned windows, while the ground floor features leaded cross windows. A central, rusticated porch has concave sides with round windows and a six-panelled door with a radial fanlight, topped with a cornice to a flat roof. On the garden front, the roof is hipped in two stages, again with three later hipped dormers. Three canted bays feature leaded mullioned windows, and a central ground floor loggia is supported by four Tuscan columns. Behind the loggia are two cross windows, with a French casement centrally placed, and segmental headed casements with keystones in the return walls. The south-east front has three bays.

Internally, the original plan remains, including the staircase, although there have been alterations, including the addition of later fireplaces and mouldings. The house was originally designed by the architect for his own residence. Later additions include the porch, balcony and some doors.