Whatcombe House

Whatcombe House is a country house built in 1750, with alterations and extensions made in 1802 for Edward Morton Pleydell. The house features rendered walls with ashlar dressings and lead roofs that are concealed behind parapets. It is a symmetrical structure with three storeys and seven bays. The central bay is highlighted by a giant order of coupled Ionic pilasters. The first two floors have 12-pane sash windows, while the upper storey has 6-pane sash windows. The entrance doorway is designed in a Palladian style, with a lunette above it displaying a shield of arms, and the double door is part-glazed. The second bay from the center features a Palladian window adorned with acanthus capitals, and above it is a heavy dentilled cornice. A further cornice is located above the third storey, topped by a parapet with blind panels.

Inside, the entrance hall boasts an 18th-century rococo plaster ceiling with a modillion cornice, along with 19th-century doorcases that have reeded architraves. The drawing room also has an 18th-century rococo plaster ceiling, a matching fireplace surround, and doorways with enriched, moulded, lugged architraves. There is an 18th-century stone staircase with a moulded handrail supported by wrought-iron balusters featuring foliate and scroll decorations, as well as various 19th-century fireplaces and plasterwork.