Elford House Including Boundary Wall To Street

This is a house, dated 1727, with later 18th-century alterations and a cross wing added around 1900. The original building may incorporate elements of a 17th-century farmhouse. Inscribed stones on the north gable wall indicate the builder, J. Brookes, in 1727.

The house is constructed of knapped flint with brick dressings, with brick lacing courses in the north gable wall. The south wing is rendered. The rear of the building has tile hanging to the gable and first floor. The roof is tiled, with a brick ridge stack, a smaller stack inset into the north gable wall, and two brick stacks to the south wing.

The main range follows a lobby entry plan with one room to the left and two to the right. The front elevation, which may be a later 18th-century rebuild, has a plinth capped in red brick. The entrance doorway is under a flat hood supported by shaped timber brackets. There are 3-light casement windows to the left of the doorway and two similar 2-light casements to the right, all with glazing bars under brick segmental arched heads. The first floor has a 3-light casement to the left and three 2-light casements to the right, also with glazing bars and projecting timber head moulds. The projecting south wing has a 3-light casement on both floors; the ground floor casement includes transoms. A recessed porch is central to the south wing wall, flanked by 3 and 2-light casements with bars. The north gable end wall has a blocked doorway with a window inserted, and a doorway with a 2-light casement with leadlights above on the first floor. A single-storey sun room added to the rear is not of special interest.

The interior is not inspected, but it is said to contain substantial exposed chamfered bridging beams and exposed joists over the ground floor, along with two inglenook fireplaces associated with the central stack. A long flint boundary wall, likely dating to the 18th century, is a feature of note.