Combe House Combe Lodge

Combe House, now subdivided into two dwellings with Combe Lodge, is a former vicarage dating back to approximately 1830, incorporating elements of an earlier building. A rear extension, added between 1912 and 1914 by Sir George Oatley and now part of Combe Lodge (No. 60), complements the original structure.

The house is constructed with a rendered finish over local stone rubble, with roughcast walls for the early 20th-century extension. It features pantile roofs, a hipped Welsh slate roof with bracketed eaves on the left side of the front, and a parapetted, hipped late 20th-century slate roof on the right. Rendered stacks are also present.

The original house is of a T-plan, with a left-hand wing and rear ranges that now contribute to No. 60. The front garden facade (facing No. 62) has a 2:3 window arrangement, with 6/6-pane sash windows and a half-glazed door recessed within a classical doorcase in the centre of the symmetrical right-hand range. Other features include a late 19th- or early 20th-century canted bay window to the left-hand return and a reset early 19th-century fanlight to the right-hand return. The rear elevations include 19th-century two-light casements, a rear oriel window designed by Oatley (lighting the stair) featuring wood mullions and transoms, and a rear entrance for No. 60.

The interior of No. 62 retains original joinery, cornicing, and fireplaces, and features a staircase by Oatley. No. 60 contains panelled doors and shutters within moulded architraves, a simple quarter-turn pine staircase (also by Oatley), and a ground-floor room with a Regency-style cornice embellished with starfish, all designed by Oatley.

Combe House is a well-preserved early 19th-century house, situated prominently next to the church, and notable for its early 20th-century alterations by the local architect, Sir George Oatley.