Denne Hill

Denne Hill is a small country house built in 1871 by George Devey for Colonel Dyson, designed in the 17th century Dutch style. The house is roughly square in shape and features an office wing to the west. The north front is two storeys high with attics, constructed of red brick, and topped with a slate roof and large brick chimneystacks. It has three curved gables, with the center gable recessed and topped by a curved pediment, while the outer gables have triangular pediments. Each gable on the attic floor has one segmental casement window with a keystone. On the first floor, there are two segmental mullioned and transomed casement windows with roundels between them at the outer gables, and a central Venetian-style three-light mullioned and transomed window flanked by pilasters. The ground floor features two three-light canted bays with balustrading above, and a central projecting stone porch with three segmental arches flanked by plain Ionic pilasters, also with balustrading above and stone ball finials.

The south elevation mirrors the north but includes five-light bays that extend through the ground and first floors of the two side gables. The central portion on the ground floor has round-headed windows set in arcading. The west side of the house has an irregularly shaped wing that varies from one to four storeys, matching the main style and incorporating three different types of gables, along with a four-storey square brick tower. The south elevation features a stone balustraded parapet. Inside, the house contains Adam chimney pieces from Old Denne Hill.