Luzborough House

Luzborough House is a house dating from the mid-16th century, with later encasing and extensions from the late 17th century, as well as a mid-18th century wing that was altered in the 19th century. It has a timber-frame core that is encased in early Flemish bond and some English bond brickwork, topped with an old plain tile roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, with the older part consisting of three bays and a passage bay. Late 17th century half-bays were added at each end, along with an outshot to the rear. The front has been symmetrically refronted, and a wing was added in front of the right bay, which is two bays long, with a 19th century bay added to the end. The older part is one and a half storeys high, while the wing is two storeys.

The front features a central doorway made of carved brick, topped with a segmental pediment and framed by plain pilasters. The opening has a segmental rubbed arch and a heavy four-panel door, likely from the 19th century. On each side of the doorway, there are two exposed-framed 12-pane sash windows under segmental rubbed arches, and above is a hipped dormer with a two-light casement. There are stacks at the left end and to the left of the right bay. The left end has a plinth, two segmental-headed two-light casements, and a door in the end of the outshot. Above the windows are late 17th century oval windows with rubbed voussoirs set in rectangular recesses. The gable is tile-hung with fishscale bands.

To the right, the 18th century wing has a plain brick ground floor, with a 19th century jettied tile-hung first floor featuring two large two-light casements. There is a stack between the bays, and one end has a lower hipped roof bay from the 19th century.

Inside, behind the door screens, there is a passage with surviving carved beams, although a staircase has been inserted to the rear part. The rooms on either side feature similarly carved beams with chamfer-stops of five different patterns. The left room has impressive late 17th century full-height panelling, with a panel below the projecting dado rail and a large panel above, both raised and fielded. There is a bolection-moulded fireplace. Other ground floor rooms contain 18th century doors and cupboards, as well as exposed timber-framing. The rooms in the outshot retain the original exterior wall of timber-frame with brick and wattle and daub infill. On the first floor, both rooms on either side of the passage have late 17th century panelling up to dado level and 19th century grates.