Beech House And Flanking Walls To South And East

Beech House is a detached house, likely dating from the 17th century, but significantly remodelled in the early to mid-18th century, with further alterations around 1800 and in the mid-19th century. The central portion is rendered with French pilasters and freestone dressings, while the central bay and a projecting bay to the right are constructed from ashlar. The left wing is ashlar on a rubble base. All parts have slate roofs with coped raised verges and ashlar stacks.

The central section features a coved cornice and is two storeys high with five dormers in the attic. It has five bays, marked by moulded string courses above the ground and first floors, and contains glazing bar sash windows with thick bars on the ground floor, set within edge-moulded surrounds and keystones. The right two bays project as a two-storey, 19th-century bay window. The central bay is also slightly advanced, incorporating a two-storey porch topped with a pediment; the ground floor is rusticated and contains a panelled and glazed door topped with a fanlight. The first floor features a central round-headed window, also with a keystone, flanked by round-headed niches. The left wing is three storeys high and has two bays, featuring glazing bar sash windows with thick bars on the ground floor, and a moulded string course.

Inside, there is an open well staircase with an open string and turned and twisted balusters. The drawing room has raised and fielded panelling and a dentilled cornice. Garden walls extend to the south, approximately 6 to 8 feet high and 15 yards long, and to the east, approximately 8 to 10 feet high and 15 yards long. These walls are constructed of rubble with a moulded ashlar cornice and are punctuated by square ashlar gatepiers with moulded caps, centrally positioned on the south wall.