Eagle House and The Old Maltings

Eagle House and The Old Maltings is a house dating from the mid-18th century, possibly designed by John Wood the Elder. It is built of ashlar stone and features a slate roof behind a parapet and cornice. The building has two storeys, a basement, and attics with modern dormers.

The entrance elevation on the southeast side has seven bays, with the central three bays projecting and topped by a pediment. There is an additional bay in a later wing to the right. The windows are arranged in a two-three-two pattern, with glazing bar sashes in moulded architraves. The ground floor windows have segmental heads and keystones, some of which are blocked. The central window on the first floor is tripartite, featuring a large semi-circular overlight that breaks through the cornice into the pediment. The entrance has a central panelled door framed by a doorcase with Ionic pilasters and a pediment.

On the garden elevation to the northwest, there are also seven bays, with the central three forming a two-storey canted bay. The first floor has glazing bar sash windows, while the ground floor features larger pane sashes, all within moulded architraves. The central ground floor window is a Venetian style, flanked by windows with pediments, and has Ionic pilasters and an apron with an attached baluster below. The bay has a modillioned cornice and a central pediment with a decorative cartouche surrounding arms in the tympanum, topped with an eagle finial. The parapet is balustraded, solid in the centre bay, and there are single-storey ashlar garden walls with rusticated doorways on either side.

Inside, there is some 18th and 19th-century plasterwork, panelled doors, and a large decorative marble fireplace in the drawing room. The formerly cantilever staircase is also noted. The projecting wing on the entrance elevation has a hipped slate roof, two storeys, four glazing bar sash windows, and evidence of a blocked vehicle entry, along with a modern door.