Flamberts

Flamberts is a detached house with a north part and a north-east range dating back to the 16th century. It was extended in 1658 to the south by Anthony Gundry, as indicated by a datestone on the south-east wing (A.G. 1658). The house is constructed of coursed rubble-stone walls with dressed stone used for the door and window surrounds. It has clay-tile roofs with stone gable-copings. Ashlar stone stacks with projecting cornices are positioned at the left-hand gable, the centre of the ridge, behind the door passage, and on the two front gables. The house is two storeys and has attics.

The front range has three windows: two of two lights, and one of four lights. These windows have ovolo-moulded stone mullions with separate stone labels. Modern metal casements with lead lights fill the window openings. The flanking ranges each have windows of four lights, also with ovolo-moulded stone mullions and separate labels. The central front doorway has moulded jambs and a depressed-arch within a square head, also with a stone label. The door itself is plank and studded with strap-hinges, dating to the 17th century. The south gable end displays two small windows with triangular heads and moulded cornices on both the ground and first floors.

The west (rear) elevation features six windows of two, three, and four lights, with ovolo-moulded stone mullions and separate returned labels. A reset doorway has moulded jambs and a depressed-arch in a square head, with a label above. The door is plank and studded.

Inside, the drawing room contains a late 16th-century ceiling divided by moulded and plastered beams into six bays, featuring a geometrical design incorporating foliage sprays and centerpieces. There is also reset 17th-century panelling. A room within the north-east wing has a contemporary plaster ceiling with a lozenge-design of ribs, floral and foliage sprays at the angles, and a plaster frieze with a continuous design of conventional flowers and a vine scroll. Further 17th-century panelling is also present. The south end of the dining room includes a late 17th-century bacon container or rack, and the wide fireplace has been opened out. The first floor contains two fireplaces with depressed-arch heads, and above one of the fireplaces is a plaster panel with conventional enrichment.