Beech House

Beech House is a pair of estate houses dating from around 1880, designed by George Devey for the Cranbrook Estate. The houses are pebbledashed with tiled roofs and prominent central brick chimney stacks. They are constructed as an asymmetrical design, originally with two windows. The central chimneystack features a round-headed arch with a keystone. Number 1 has a tile-hung gable finished with fitted bargeboards and brackets. It has a first-floor three-light oriel window with a triple wooden casement and brackets below, and a ground floor triple wooden casement. A left-hand six-panel flush doorcase is set within a projecting wooden porch on piers. Number 2 features a two-storey, seven-light square bay with a moulded wooden gable, timber framing with plastered infill, a six-panelled door, and a tiled penticed hood supported on wooden brackets. The left side of Number 2 has a projecting gable with moulded bargeboards and four wooden brackets. A single 20th-century window and a penticed porch on four wooden supports are also present. The right side elevation of Number 2 has a projecting gable on four brackets and a brick and timber-framed wing extending to the rear. The rear elevation displays two gables. The left side (facing Number 2) is timber-framed, while the right side (facing Number 2) is pebbledashed with a penticed tiled roof. An outshut connects the two, featuring a tall brick chimney stack.