Old Wardour House

Old Wardour House is a detached house dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a tiled roof featuring gable end brick stacks and coped verges. The building consists of two parallel ranges, with former stables attached to the south.

The south front is two stories high and has five windows, all of which are sash windows. In the center bay of the 18th-century range on the right, there is a 19th-century four-panelled door set in a trellised porch. To the left of this door, there are three 12-pane sashes with keystones, and to the right, there is one sash window. On the first floor, there are two 12-pane sashes with keystones to the left and three 12-pane sashes in recessed chamfered architraves to the right; the two left bays were added around 1800.

On the right return, there is a lean-to extension featuring 20th-century pointed windows, a 24-pane fixed window above a glazed door, and raking buttresses. The left return includes a bull's-eye window on the ground floor and a round-arched stair window on the first floor. Attached to the left is the former stable, which was converted into part of the house in 1968 and includes six 20th-century casements and a tiled roof.

At the rear of the main house, there is a 20th-century door, a nine-pane sash window, and a blocked chamfered doorway to the left. To the right, there are two 2-pane sashes with keystones and a 9-pane fixed window. The first floor features a blocked 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement, three sashes in recessed chamfered architraves, a small 4-pane sash, and two additional sashes to the right.

The east gable of the former stable block has a large moulded elliptical-headed doorway with a keystone and imposts, leading to a 20th-century glazed door. The rear of this range has four pointed fixed windows and 20th-century dormers. Inside the house, there is a staircase with barleysugar balusters and wreathed moulded handrails, as well as marble fireplaces. This house is reputed to have been occupied by the Arundells after the destruction of Old Wardour Castle during the Civil War and the construction of Wardour Castle between 1770 and 1776.