Compton Place

Compton Place is a Grade I listed property located on Compton Place Road. The current house was constructed in 1726 for Sir Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, on the site of a Jacobean house that was remodeled by architect Colen Campbell. The building underwent extensive alterations and was stuccoed around 1800 for Lord George Cavendish, who later became the 1st Earl of Burlington of the second creation.

This E-shaped building features a central portion with two projecting wings. Originally built of red brick, it was stuccoed in the early 19th century. The house has two storeys and an attic, with a cornice and parapet, and a slate roof with lead ridges. The north front has nine windows and six dormers, including a large three-light sash window in the center of the first floor and similar windows on the ground floor of the wings. There is also a large porch supported by four Doric columns, with an iron balcony above.

The south or garden front has thirteen windows, with slight projections at each end and a central canted bay featuring three windows. This bay has an iron balcony on the first floor and a curved bay on the ground floor supported by four Doric columns, one between each window. Inside, the house boasts impressive plasterwork on the walls and a ceiling in one of the bedrooms, along with five chimney pieces, doorcases, and a staircase.

To the east of the house is an office wing built of cobbles, which lacks distinction, and adjoining it is a second set of stables and coach-houses, likely added by Lord George Cavendish in the early 19th century.