Little Pelham

Little Pelham is a rectory that has been converted into a house. It was designed around 1723 by Dr. George Clarke of Oxford for Richard Blechinden and was remodeled around 1820 to 1830. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a hipped Welsh slate roof, with brick stacks at both ends and a rear lateral stack. It has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys tall with a symmetrical five-window range.

The central bay is framed by rusticated Doric pilasters and includes an unusual ashlar open-pedimented porch. The rusticated pilasters display alternating plain and frosted stonework, with raised quoins and voussoirs. A prominent frosted keystone adorns the round-arched doorway, which has double-leaf 19th-century half-glazed doors topped by a Gothick fanlight. The ground floor features flat stone arches, while the first floor has 19th-century stone lintels over early 19th-century sash windows.

At the rear, there is an early 18th-century two-bay range that includes one storey and an attic, built with coursed limestone rubble and topped with a gabled old tile roof and a brick end stack. The rear wall has two early 18th-century sashes with thick glazing bars and leaded dormer casements, and it adjoins a rear right outshut.

Inside, the house features an early 18th-century fireplace in the room to the left and early 18th-century panelled doors. There are also early 19th-century fireplaces and an open-well staircase with stick balusters. Little Pelham is notable as one of only two buildings designed by Dr. Clarke outside of Oxford.