Charborough Park

Country house, dating from the mid-17th century, with significant alterations and additions around 1740 and again circa 1810 when the main facade was remodelled. A library was added in the early 19th century and a picture gallery in the mid-19th century. The architect for the circa 1810 work was likely John Nash. The walls are a mix of ashlar stone and plaster, concealing a brick core from the original 17th-century house. The roof is hipped, covered with slate, and includes a central lead flat containing three circular roof lights. A parapet with a moulded cornice runs along the top, with ashlar stacks rising from the lead flat. The house has a rectangular plan, with a library wing on the south side and a picture gallery on the east side. It is two storeys high with attics.

The west front, which serves as the main entrance, features a portico with four Ionic columns and a flat, moulded entablature, and includes a part-glazed door. Below are two tall casement windows with glazing bars, and above them, five double-hung sash windows, also with glazing bars. Evidence of blocked windows can be seen at the north end. A mid-19th-century tower rises at the south end, with three stages and round-headed windows in the top stage. Adjacent to the tower is the single-storey brick library wing, with a flat roof, a plain parapet, and blind windows.

The main north front, originally the entrance front, now has eleven bays, with the central four bays forming a flat "portico" featuring a pediment containing a coat of arms and six Ionic pilasters. A plat band runs across the first floor. Eleven double-hung sash windows with glazing bars are present on each floor. The attic has four flat-roofed dormers with casement windows and glazing bars.

Internally, the entrance hall features a mid-19th-century pendant ceiling and a carved timber dado with portrait heads. The inner hall, flanked by thick spine walls containing fireplaces, has deep, round-headed recessed openings leading to the main rooms and features stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. A fine 18th-century cut-string staircase has turned balusters and a wreathed handrail. Paintings by Thornhill decorate the walls, ceilings, and soffits of the staircase hall. The main ground floor rooms have enriched plaster ceilings and cornices. The library has a carved dado with portrait heads. The "Prince's Room" on the first floor contains a 17th-century stone four-centred arched fireplace and 18th-century panelling painted with classical niches in false perspective.