Goldhill House

Goldhill House is a large house, with lower sections probably dating back to the 17th century, but largely built in the early 19th century, with additions from the mid to late 19th century and a conservatory built around 1970. The construction is primarily red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, featuring occasional burnt headers, brick stacks with 19th-century chimney pots, and a slate roof.

The house faces northwest and has a double-depth plan. The main block is arranged with front and back rooms on either side of a central entrance hall and staircase, with projecting end stacks to provide heating. Principal rooms are located to the front and rear on the left side, while the kitchen is positioned on the right rear. A service doorway is situated in the left end wall. A kitchen/bakehouse block, set back and slightly projecting to the rear, features a projecting rear lateral stack, an end stack, and a one-room plan, thought to be a mid-19th century addition or rebuild. A first-floor room in this block was used as a ballroom more recently.

The main house is two storeys with attics, and includes a cellar beneath. The kitchen/bakehouse block is also two storeys high. A circa 1970 conservatory projects to the rear of the stairs.

The main block's front elevation presents a symmetrical arrangement of 2.1:2 twelve-pane sash windows with rubbed brick flat arches. Flat pilasters mark the ends, and the central bay projects forward. The first-floor windows are hooded with moulded stucco detailing on consoles. The central doorway, elevated by two stone steps, features a six-panel door and overlight, sheltered by a flat-roofed Tuscan porch with a moulded entablature. Narrow painted bands project at first-floor level between the central bay and the end pilasters. A moulded eaves cornice runs along the top, and the roof is hipped at both ends. The fenestration is similar around the other sides, with a central panelled door and doorcase with a moulded entablature on each end wall. The rear garden front has four windows, including a sixteen-pane sash in the kitchen, and an oculus high in the wall to the left of centre.

The interior is well-preserved, with much of the original joinery and detail remaining, including a stick baluster staircase with a mahogany handrail and shaped stair brackets, panelled doors, and moulded plaster cornices. Some of the marble fireplaces are later additions.