Drax House

Drax House is a farmhouse located in Orcheston St. Mary, dating from the mid-17th century and built in two phases, with a two-storey rear wing added in the early 19th century. The building features a combination of flint and limestone, with a brick extension from the 19th century, and has tiled roofs that are hipped to the left, with a coped verge to the right and ashlar stacks with moulded capping.

The house is arranged in an L-plan and has a two-storey, three-window front. The central door, which is set within a square-headed chamfered surround, is accessed through a 20th-century porch. To the right of the door is a single light and a tripartite sash window, while to the left is a three-light recessed hollow chamfer-mullioned window with a hoodmould. On the first floor, there are three-light and two-light mullioned windows along with a tripartite sash. The roof features two hipped dormers, and there is an ashlar stack on the right gable.

The right return of the house includes a three-light hollow chamfer-mullioned window with a hoodmould on the ground floor, and a single light and a two-light mullioned window on the first floor. At the rear of the right return is the early 19th-century wing, which has a door in a stone porch to the left and two-light casements on both floors. The rear of the main wing has a blocked door to the right, a three-light mullioned window with a hoodmould, and a 19th-century canted bay to the left on the ground floor. The first floor features one three-light mullioned window and one two-light casement. To the left of the rear is the 19th-century wing, which has two-light and single casements on both floors. There is also a 20th-century single-storey extension attached to the left of the front.

The interior was not accessible during the survey in October 1984, but it is reported to have chamfered beams, reset 17th-century panelling on the first floor, and a reeded ceiling frieze in the 19th-century wing.