Oak Garth the Garth

Oak Garth and The Garth are a late 19th-century house designed by J.W. Penfold, originally constructed as a single residence. The building has an irregular plan with a four-bay entrance front, plus an additional set-back bay to the right. It features a high-pitched tiled roof and tall brick chimneys. The first floor is tile hung, while the ground floor is brick. The windows are varied in design, with leaded casements of two, three, or five lights, some including transoms. The left bay is wider and gabled, while the projecting, gabled entrance bay has an open porch with a many-chamfered pointed arch under a hoodmould. The garden front presents a more regular appearance with larger windows, and the first and third bays project under gables. The house is notable for its connection to Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, a Nobel prize winner renowned for his work on nutrition and contribution to vitamin theory; the house is listed primarily for this association.