Tilford House

Tilford House is a house dating from around 1700, with extensions added in the late 18th century and further restoration and extensions in the 20th century. The house is constructed of brown and red brick, with hipped plain tiled roofs. The original range is two storeys and has attics, lit by two flat-roofed dormers. The extensions are two storeys high and have a plinth with a moulded edge, a gauged brick plat band over the ground floor, and a wooden eaves cornice. It features 12-pane, glazing-bar sash windows, mostly replacements dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, set within shallow arched, gauged brick heads. There are substantial brick stacks: four diagonal flues on a plinth to the right, six diagonal flues on a plinth to the centre, and two diagonal flues flanking a square panel to the left. The main range consists of five bays, with the central bay projecting slightly beneath a shallow pediment. The first-floor window in the centre is raised higher than the flanking windows. The ground floor has four windows. The central entrance door has eight fielded panels, set within a panelled reveal and a surrounding structure featuring attached Doric columns and a pediment. A sundial is set within the tympanum of the pediment. A two-bay addition sits set back to the left, with a canted end facing west. A single-storey extension is set back to the right end. Inside, original 18th-century panelling remains, along with a good 18th-century staircase.