Huish House

Huish House is a house dating from 1909, built for the Westray family. The construction is of English bond red brick at ground floor level, with applied timber framing above, incorporating tension braces and rendered panels. The window and doorway arches are rock-faced stone, and the roof is covered in clay tiles with half-hipped gables. Brick axial stacks feature red terracotta moulded shafts. The architectural style is Domestic Revival.

The house is a long range with short, projecting cross-wings at each end. The internal layout is a double-depth plan, with a central entrance lobby leading to an axial stairhall, and principal rooms behind, facing the garden. Service rooms are located at the south-east end.

The north-east facing front is asymmetrical, with a half-hipped gabled wing to the right and a slightly projecting wing to the left of centre. A two-storey brick porch sits between these wings, featuring a splayed stone doorway with a segmental arch and a bowed timber oriel window above, supported by shaped brackets. Flat-roofed dormers are placed between these features. Mullion-transom windows with iron-frame casements and leaded panes are present throughout. The south-west facing garden front is symmetrical, with the exception of dormers on the right and a French casement on the left. Projecting half-hipped end bays and overhanging eaves are located at the centre.

The interior remains largely unaltered and retains many original features, including fine chimney-pieces, some with Delft tiles, an inglenook, panelling, plate rails, decorative screens, and plasterwork. A fine staircase has a Jacobean-style strapwork balustrade, similar to that of the drawing room steps. A door to the dining room incorporates an integral hatch, and glazed tiles are found in the larder and kitchen fireplace.