Hurst Lodge

Hurst Lodge is a country house dating to the early 17th century, with later alterations and additions. It is constructed of brick with an old tile roof. Originally, the house had a U-shaped plan, with flanking gabled wings projecting from the main part on the south-east front. A 20th-century addition now fills the space between the wings.

The right-hand gable features three four-light wood mullioned and transomed windows on the ground floor, a large central three-light casement window on the first floor, and a carved stone hound on a bracket in the center of the gable, a remnant of the Barker family, former owners of the house. The left-hand gable is similar but has two first-floor windows and one attic window; the ground-floor windows have been altered to sash windows with glazing bars in the 18th century.

To the left of this front is an 18th-century two-story, two-bay extension, which forms part of the southwest front of the same date. This block is constructed of red brick with a small stone cornice and parapet, and features five bays, the three central bays set beneath a pediment with a false semi-circular window in the tympanum. It has a slate roof. The central glazed door has an arched radiating fanlight and a rusticated stone surround comprised of engaged Doric columns, a broken entablature, a pulvinated frieze, and an open pediment.

The northwest front has a moulded brick string at first floor level and an old tile roof. To the right and center are six bays with three hipped dormers containing two-light leaded casements. The lower-level windows are four-light wood mullioned and transomed, some leaded and some 20th-century replacements. A six-panelled door is located in the second bay from the left. To the left of this section is a large brick chimney with rectangular shafts, followed by two further similar bays. At the north end of this front is a service wing set at right angles, matching the general character. The original two bays adjoining the main house feature a three-light segmental-headed casement on the ground floor and an oval leaded radiating window on the first floor.

The interior includes 17th-century oak panelling in the hall and a staircase of a similar date with turned dumbell balusters. A 17th-century carved wood coving is located in the nursery on the first floor, though it is no longer in its original location.