Sydenham House

Sydenham House is a farmhouse, now a house, likely built in the mid 17th century, with possible remodeling or extension around 1700. It is constructed of coursed squared marlstone with wooden lintels and features a concrete plain-tile roof with stone and brick stacks. The building is designed in an L shape and has two storeys plus attics.

The front of the house has three windows, with a projecting wing on the right. At the ground floor, there are two 4-light ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned windows, and at the first floor, there are two similar 3-light windows along with a cross window near the junction with the wing. The entrance is located between the first and second bays and features an old "stable" door, while a second doorway between the second and third bays is blocked. The wing retains an old cross window at the first floor but has been altered below. Several windows have old leaded glazing, and the mullioned windows are topped with stop-chamfered lintels. The steep-pitched roofs have gable parapets, with the wing gable featuring a stack, and another stone-based stack aligned with the blocked entrance. The left gable includes a 3-light ovolo-moulded window.

At the rear, there are four windows, featuring old 2-light casements in the right bay, a 16-pane ground-floor sash in the next bay, and a leaded 3-light casement in the left bay; all other windows are 20th-century insertions.

Inside, the house has stop-chamfered beams, one of which has ovolo moulding. There is a massive central stack with back-to-back open fireplaces; one has a cambered ovolo-moulded bressumer, while the other has been altered in the 18th century to include a bread oven. The interior also features an ogee-moulded doorframe, 17th and 18th-century panelled doors, a dogleg stair leading to the attics, and a butt-purlin roof.