Colliton House

Colliton House is a 16th or 17th century building that was altered in the early 18th century, with a datestone from 1729 found on a demolished outhouse. It is constructed of Portland ashlar and features two storeys, along with a one-storey southwest wing and a three-storey northeast wing. The north front has a parapet with moulded coping and five ranges of sash windows with glazing bars, each framed by beaded stone architraves with keys. The central first-floor window has a round arch with impost blocks and a keystone. There is a wooden entrance porch with beaded panelled sides, supported by shaped and voluted brackets and posts, which hold up an entablature and pediment decorated with egg-and-dart motifs. The door features an enriched architrave and fielded panelling, and above the porch is a cartouche displaying the arms of the Churchill family, the former owners.

The south elevation showcases three gables from the 16th or 17th century, topped by massive 18th-century brick stacks that have blind arcading with ashlar imposts, archivolts, and keys. The northeast wing contains four ranges of sash windows with glazing bars and moulded stone architraves with keystones. There is one rainwater head and downpipe from the 18th century. The southwest wing is made of red brick and has a modillioned eaves cornice, a hipped stone slate roof, and two windows featuring hollow chamfered stone mullions and casements with iron glazing bars, one of which is leaded.

Inside, the ground floor room at the east end has a panelled partition that appears to date from the 16th century. There is a notable early 18th-century staircase with fluted composite columnar newels, alternately fluted and spiral fluted balusters, and an elaborately carved open string. The staircase features wainscotting up to dado level and is ramped to muntins opposite the newels, with fielded panelling, fluted pilasters, and an enriched cornice at the first semi-landing. The west ground floor room has arcaded recesses at its west end, while a room in the southwest wing has a moulded plaster cornice and a coved ceiling.