Danvers House, Dashwood House And Calthorpe House

The property comprises three houses, Danvers House (No.7), Dashwood House (No.8), and Calthorpe House (No.9), originally a larger house that has been divided into flats. Calthorpe House dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with subsequent additions and alterations. Nos. 7 and 8 were built in the 19th century, evidenced by the datestones JL/1900 and JL/1876, respectively.

Nos. 7 and 8 are constructed of ashlar ironstone, with brickwork to the sides and rear, while No. 9 is a combination of regular coursed ironstone rubble and ashlar, with slate roofs and brick ridge, lateral and end stacks. The houses are two storeys high with attics, displaying a total of five gable-front bays.

No. 7 features a four-window range, with a stone porch to the left containing a pointed arched doorway and plank door. It includes casement and sash windows with glazing bars. The first floor showcases three sashes with glazing bars and a tall fixed light, complemented by three half-dormer windows, including sashes.

No. 8 has a two-window range and a single bay, featuring a 19th-century ironstone ashlar porch with a four-centred arched doorway, a part-glazed door, and a two-light stone-mullioned window. An embattled parapet retains a single finial. The window on the ground floor has intersecting glazing bars, while the first-floor features a pointed arched window with diamond leaded lights, fragments of a hood mould and head stops, plus a two-light half-dormer window.

Calthorpe House (No. 9) presents two bays with a shallow, embattled two-storey porch displaying the arms of the Hawten family, who acquired the house between 1604 and 1614. The porch incorporates a four-centred arched doorway with a part-glazed plank door, a hood mould with label stops, flanked by tall sashes with glazing bars and hood moulds. A six-light stone-mullioned and transomed window sits above the porch, along with a three-light stone-mullioned window in a half-dormer, showcasing hood moulds and label stops. A sash window with glazing bars and a hood mould and label stops completes the attic. The right-hand end of the building was remodelled in the late 18th or early 19th century, with embattled features and Gothic glazing. First-floor sashes have glazing bars and hood moulds with label stops.

The interior of Calthorpe House includes a ground-floor room with a plaster rib vault supported by angel corbels, one of which features the arms of the Cobb family, who owned the Calthorpe estate from 1801-1875. A reputed arched braced collar-beam truss roof exists in the south range of Calthorpe House. Joseph Lumber, a clothier, owned the properties in the 19th century. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are also present.