Denton House

Denton House is a mansion that dates from the 16th and 17th centuries, with a remodel in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a plain-tile roof with brick stacks. The building has a double-depth plan consisting of five by three bays and stands three storeys tall.

The south front is symmetrical and has five windows, typical of the mid-18th century style. It features a central segmental-arched door with a moulded architrave and keyblock, topped by a segmental stone hood supported by consoles. Above the door, there are narrow sash windows: eight-pane on the first floor with a moulded round-cornered architrave and keyblock, and four-pane on the second floor with a rectangular architrave. Each floor has pairs of narrow renewed sashes with roll-moulded surrounds and keyblocks. The wall is accented with a plinth, moulded storey-bands, and a heavy cornice beneath a plain parapet.

To the right, there is a single-storey, one-bay wing that contains an 18th-century sash window. Additional 20th-century sashes have been added on either side of the central first-floor window. The return front to the left shows remnants of 17th-century moulded string-courses and simpler keyblock surrounds, while the return front to the right includes some 18th-century sashes, two leaded cross-windows, and two bell-shaped lead rainwater heads featuring dolphin crests and the date 1757. The rear of the house displays 17th-century string-courses and remnants of a 17th-century moulded-stone window-surround. The concealed roof has three spans and includes a timber bell-cote.

Inside, there is a central cross-hall on each floor, featuring a large oak open-well staircase at the rear with flat moulded balusters. The date 1814 is inscribed on the panelling, and there are large moulded stone Tudor-arched fireplaces, with a smaller similar fireplace located in a second-floor room directly above. To the right of the entrance hall, there is a room adorned with 18th-century chestnut and elm full-height fielded panelling, complete with a dentil cornice. At the rear, now internal, are remnants of a 16th-century stone-mullioned window with ovolo-moulded four-centre arched lights.