Chedington Court And Wall Along Lane To South

Chedington Court is a country house, now functioning as a hotel, built around 1840 and remodeled in 1894, particularly noted for its bell-cote. The building showcases an eclectic 17th-century style and was constructed for W T Cox. It features ashlar stone walls and slate roofs, with tall chimney stacks on the left gable wall, three of which have moulded cornices, and a stack on the right gable end set diagonally. The structure is 2-3 storeys high with five irregular bays, each uniquely designed.

In the second bay, there is a large canted bay window at the ground and first floors topped with a parapet and a simple Dutch gable. The third bay includes a porch with a round-arch entrance featuring projecting voussoirs and a dropped key, above which is a 3-light mullion window with an HMP tablet. An open pediment with a shield of arms sits above the porch, leading to a steep gable adorned with pyramid finials. The fourth bay has a ground-level window with 6-light stone mullions arranged in a 2x2x2 pattern and a ramped parapet. The second and third storeys are set back, featuring 3- and 2-light mullions respectively, with a plain gable topped by a ball finial. The fifth bay contains two 2-light stone mullions and a projecting stack feature that is corbelled out above a ground floor window, along with an openwork Tudor Rose panel. The facade is therefore eclectic, quirky, and irregular.

Inside, the hall has a compartmented ceiling made of thin wooden ribs dating from around 1894, with a wide three-centred opening leading to the staircase bay and service bay, featuring a projecting key and dentils. The drawing room is framed by coupled fluted columns at the entrance to the canted bay, with ogival block capitals decorated with an oak-leaf motif and an Adam-style fireplace. The staircase, also from around 1894, is designed in the Queen Anne style.

There is a rubble-stone wall along the lane that is approximately 10 feet high and extends for 50 yards, tapering downwards. It features a round-arch entrance with a large keystone and dressed stone jambs.