Ellsbridge House

Ellsbridge House is a detached house that has been converted into an educational establishment. It was built in the early 18th century and extended around 1830, with a minor addition made in the 20th century. The building features finely-dressed ashlar stonework on the 19th-century sections, while the core from the 18th century is made of coursed rubble, topped with ashlar copings. The roofs are slate, with gable ends and external ashlar stacks.

The architectural style is Tudor Gothic Revival, and the house has an L-shaped plan with the 19th-century addition located at the south-west corner and the 18th-century range to the north. The exterior is three stories high and has a three-window range on the main block. The symmetrical south-west facade features gabled bays on either side of a recessed center, which is bridged by a porch. The gables have coped parapets, kneelers, and apex finials, with two external gable stacks to the left that have shafts grouped in twos and threes. The ground floor has three-light mullion and transomed windows with dripstones, while the first floor has similar two-light windows, and the second floor features two-light mullion windows. The Tudor-arched doorway has a battlemented parapet and a two-leaf ribbed door.

The south-east facade includes additional two, three, and four-light windows, along with a three-light canted bay on the ground floor that has a quatrefoil parapet. The north-east facade shows the stepped elements of the 18th-century core, which originally had a central recessed two-window section with a stepped parapet in front of the stairwell. The outer sections are set forward, with the southern section replaced by an early 19th-century range, and the northern section being a one-window range. There is also a gabled range projecting to the north-west, featuring 12/8-pane sash windows on the ground and first floors, and 16-pane sash windows on the second floor, along with multi-paned casement windows on the right-hand side. A 20th-century extension is located at the south-east angle.

Inside, the entrance hall has reeded surrounds to the doorways, and the ground-floor reception rooms boast Tudor Gothic ribbed ceilings. The open well staircase features a mahogany handrail, an open string, and cast-iron balusters with a trefoil head. There is also a three-light stairwell window with etched panes arranged in a quatrefoil pattern.