Culham Court

Culham Court is a large country house built in 1771 for Robert Mitchell, situated in a landscaped park overlooking the River Thames. The building is constructed of brick with stone detailing, including a string course over the plinth and at the ground floor cill level, a moulded and bracketed cornice, and a brick parapet with stone coping. It features a mansard slate roof with dormers and several chimneys, and it has two storeys, attics, and a basement.

The entrance front has five bays, with the central three projecting slightly and featuring a pediment and a bull's eye window in the tympanum. The sash windows are three panes high on the first floor and four panes high on the ground floor, except for the right-hand upper window in the projection, which is five panes high. The entrance includes a half-glazed central door set within a stone Tuscan Palladian surround, approached by five moulded stone steps flanked by dwarf walls with stone coping and stone blocks as stops.

The north-west and south-east fronts each have five bays, with the north-west front also featuring three dormer windows. The river front mirrors the south-west front but has stone architraves on the windows. The outer ground floor windows have cornices and pediments, while the three centre ground floor windows are tall, with the outer windows five panes high and the centre window a French casement, also with a cornice and pediment.

Inside, the interior is largely original except for some fireplaces. The saloon located in the centre of the north-east front boasts an enriched plaster ceiling, and the dining room features a wrought iron scroll balustrade with a moulded mahogany handrail. The first-floor corridor is divided into squares by slender pilasters that support flat quadripartite vaulting. Notably, George III, along with the queen and princesses, visited the house in 1804.