Upper Swainswick House

Upper Swainswick House is a detached house dating from the early to mid-17th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century. The building is constructed of coursed rubble with freestone dressings and features a slate roof that has coped raised verges, a coped ashlar parapet, and a coved cornice. It has ashlar and restored stacks and stands two storeys tall with attics that include four dormers.

The south-west elevation shows two distinct building periods, indicated by a straight joint, and has four windows on the ground floor and seven on the first floor. All windows are glazing bar sash types set in plain surrounds, with the ground floor windows featuring six panes over nine. A central six-panel door is framed by a plain surround and is topped by a flat stone hood supported by brackets.

At the rear, there is a wing with two bays; one first-floor window in this section has a moulded architrave and cornice. Inside, the rear room of the wing contains a large ashlar fireplace with an ogee and ovolo moulded surround, part of a four-centred head, and a moulded mantelshelf that have survived.