Wittersham House

Wittersham House is a Grade II listed building located on the north-west side of The Street in Wittersham. The exterior of the house was rebuilt in 1907 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, an athlete and politician. It is nearly square in shape, constructed of red brick, and has two storeys with attics beneath a hipped pantiled roof, featuring a stringcourse and wide eaves cornice. The entrance front faces north-east and includes seven windows and two dormers. The central section, which projects, has three windows and a recessed portico on the ground floor supported by two pairs of pilasters, with a pediment above the eaves that contains a Venetian attic window in its tympanum. The south-east front has nine windows, three of which are circular. The entrance to the carriage drive is marked by red brick gate piers topped with stone cornices and ball caps on pedestals, set within a low curved wall. This wall has three lower brick piers on each side, all topped with ball caps and connected by an iron railing. Notably, during the Second World War, the house was visited by Sir Winston Churchill, Viscount Montgomery, and King George VI.