Doynton House

Doynton House is a house dating to the late 17th century, with alterations in the mid-19th century and the 20th century. It is constructed of rubble with stone dressings and quoins, and has ashlar, plain tiled and slate roofs along with raised coped verges and finials to the gables. Nine diagonally placed stacks with cornices are centrally positioned on the roof, and a stone slate roof covers the porch. The facade is symmetrical, except for the right return. It has two gables to the ridge height on each elevation, and is two-and-a-half stories high with three windows to the front.

The ground floor windows are two 4-light casements with ovolo mullions and a king mullion, with a high relieving arch rising from a weathered string above the window heads. The first floor has two similar 3-light casements and a central 2-light casement, lacking a relieving arch. The attic has similar 2-light casements in each gable with a hood mould, all windows featuring 19th-century glazing and leaded lights in a Gothic diamond pattern. A central, gabled ashlar porch has a 4-centred arched opening with foliage in the spandrels, a hood mould and mask stops, a blank shield and pennant within the gable, and a large side light with leaded lights to the left and right. An inner 20th-century door is set within a 4-centred arch with a hood mould and blank shield.

The left return presents as the front, and includes a central, studded 19th-century door with a chamfered cambered head and relieving arch. Larger first-floor windows are centrally placed, and oval bull's eye windows with leaded lights are at the apex of each gable. The right return has windows similar to the left return, and a two-story addition (formerly an apple loft) is positioned to the right. The ground floor to the right features a 2-light casement with a hood mould, and two single lights of eight panes each are placed at the first floor. A two-story wing is attached to the right, incorporating a corrugated iron roof and a 4-light casement at the ground floor, as on the front. A 20th-century door and 4-light window are also present.

The rear of the house features two 4-light casements at ground floor, matching those on the front, and a tall, central 2-light window illuminating the stair with a high relieving arch. The first floor includes two 3-light windows as on the front, and a central 2-light window set high with a hood mould under the eaves. Two 2-light windows with hood moulds are located in each gable. A 20th-century flat-roofed porch is to the left, and a 20th-century door is also present.

To the left, a former attached stable block has a carriage entry with a cambered head, now blocked, with a 20th-century window inserted, as well as a small window to the left and an oval pitching eye above. Two windows are at ground floor and one is at first floor, all 20th-century. A wing to the left features an oval pitching eye and a door.

The front right room contains a stone fireplace with a bolection-moulded surround and overmantel, along with a good 19th-century hobgrate featuring Perpendicular tracery. The rear right room also has a similar fireplace, and a carved spice cupboard with a cock's head hinges and an elaborate latch. A 19th-century straight stone stair is located to the rear, showcasing a wreathed handrail and decorative cast iron balusters.