Valence House

Valence House is a house that is now part of a school, built in 1596 with later additions at the rear. It is timber framed and rendered, topped with a plain tile roof. The building features a lobby entry plan and has two storeys with attics. The symmetrical facade has gable ends that slightly jut out at the eaves. There are two gabled dormers on the front, which rise from the eaves and are also slightly jettied, supported by moulded brackets. Each gable has moulded bargeboards and a carved pendant. A central corbelled and filleted brick ridge stack is present. The windows are regularly spaced, with one three-light wood mullion window in each gable. Each front gable has a two-storey canted bay with a three-light Ipswich window on each floor. The right gable end features a two-storey bay window on scrolled brackets. A central projecting two-storey porch, adorned with a moulded bargeboard and pendant, has an Ipswich window on the first floor. The ground floor of the porch is enclosed, except for a frieze of turned balusters just below the first floor on each side. The door consists of two broad panels. There are 19th-century additions at the rear, and the interior has not been inspected.