Funtley House

Funtley House is an 18th-century facade built onto an earlier timber-framed building. The front facade is of red brick with Flemish banding, topped by an old tiled roof. It is a two-story building with five windows; the first-floor windows have segmental arched casements beneath flat brick arches, while the ground-floor windows also have segmental arches. The design is symmetrical, featuring a central doorway with a reproduction doorcase and another on the northern side of the facade. The south side of the rear facade is lower and timber-framed, with a portion now tile-hung, containing one ground-floor casement and a small first-floor window. The northern part of the rear facade is red brick with grey headers, featuring three windows and one dormer. A modern conservatory extends along the ground floor. The building has historical significance as the residence of Samuel Jellicoe, partner of Henry Cort at the nearby Funtley Iron Mills, from around 1784 until his death in 1812. Jellicoe, who invented the rolling mill and puddling furnace crucial for iron production during the Napoleonic Wars, tested some of his inventions at the mills, of which little remains except for the Mill-house.