Gennings

This is a double-depth house built between 1727 and 1745, possibly incorporating elements of a late 16th or 17th century structure. Internal fittings date to the 1760s, with later alterations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The house is constructed of chequered red and grey brick, with the gables, breaks, and parapet in red brick using a Flemish bond pattern. The window and door dressings are of ashlar stone. The roof is tiled, with a plain stone-coped parapet and shaped gables, featuring moulded stone kneelers and urn finials. Three gables face the front, two face the south return, and three face the rear. The roof is hipped on the left side.

The house is west-facing, set on a chamfered brick plinth, with a fragment of chamfered stone string course to the south-west corner. A central break features a plain stone-coped parapet. The fenestration is irregular, with six late 19th century leaded stone mullion windows: a cross window on the right, one on the left, three closely spaced within the central break, and a small transomed window to the left of the break. Two rectangular ground-floor brick bays, with stone mullioned and transomed windows and plain parapets, are also present. A stone window is found on the right return elevation. A central, early 20th century brick porch with stone dressings shelters ribbed double doors, leading to a flight of five stone steps ascending to a narrow balustraded terrace. Rainwater heads are dated 1801. A red brick conservatory, with moulded brick pilasters and raised brick panels to the parapet, is situated in the rear left (north-west) corner.

Inside, the entrance hall features fielded panelling, a moulded cornice with Ionic modillions, and fluted pilasters framing the central stairwell. The modillioned cornice of the stairwell continues externally. The staircase has turned balusters and latticed cheeks. A room to the southwest of the entrance hall contains an 18th century fireplace. A south-east ground-floor room has sunk panelling and a fireplace with Ionic columns and an enriched frieze with a central relief. The east-central room has fielded panelling. The south-east and south-west first-floor rooms have moulded cornices and fretwork detailing, with plain sunk panelling in one room and a shouldered fireplace in the other. Various 19th century iron grates are also present. A 19th century cast-iron skylight, with a counter-balanced opening dome, is found in a ground-floor room to the north of the stairs. Stones from the parapet are inscribed with the names of craftsmen and dated 1760. A painting from 1776 depicts two-story bow windows on the south and west sides. Historical documentation includes a bill from 1763 for panelling, Ionic modillions, and fretwork, and a bill from 1767 for a fireplace. Local accounts suggest the house may be the setting for "Pride and Prejudice."