Temple Elfande

Temple Elfande is a house that was originally much larger and was built in 1541 by Sir Richard Cowper. It was extended in the 17th and 19th centuries. The house features a timber frame that is exposed on the right-hand return front, with whitewashed render infill below and tile hanging above on the jettied first floor. It has Horsham slab roofs and a T-shaped plan, with the entrance now located at the rear of the house; the former entrance is on the right-hand return front.

The old entrance front has two storeys with an attic in a projecting gable to the right. There is galleting in the mortar under the eaves and one leaded attic casement window. Below, there is one 'cross' window on each floor. To the left, there is a front stack with two diamond-pane windows on the first floor, one to the right, and two ground floor windows to the left, with one being a 4-light enlarged window to the right. A door to the left is set in an open gabled porch.

At the rear, there are large stacks placed diagonally with Horsham slab offsets on both sides. The first floor has three windows alternating with the stacks, while the ground floor has two windows. The entrance front features a tile-hung gable projecting to the right with an attic window and one window on each floor of the left-hand return wall. There is an offset stack in the angle with the left range, and a double gable range to the left, which includes an attic window over one between-floors window and two ground floor windows below. The brick-dressed, arrow slit, glazed breather is located above a hip-roofed porch, which has a 20th-century door.

Inside, there is a wealth of visible framing, a chalk fireplace, and two doors with oval peep-holes covered by flaps. The name "Temple Elfande" comes from the fact that the Templars, and later the Hospitallers, held a manor in this location.