Beach House

Beach House is a semi-detached house dating from around 1600, which was altered and refronted in the mid-18th century. Originally timber-framed, it is now constructed of English bond brick with stone quoins and features a stone slate roof that has a hip to the right, along with brick stacks positioned to the left and right of the center. The layout includes a through passage leading to the rear of the stack, with services to the right and a hall and parlour to the left.

The entrance features a six-panelled door located to the right of center, framed by a cyma-moulded architrave and topped with a flat stone hood supported by brackets. To the right of the door, there is a 3-light cyma-mullioned casement, with two similar windows to the left. Above, a lintel plat band runs along the first floor, which has two 3-light mullioned casements to the left, a round-arched light with a keystone and imposts above the door, and another 3-light mullioned casement to the right. A lean-to extension is attached to the right side of the house.

At the rear, the property features French windows, a 20th-century conservatory, and a planked door at the back of the through passage. There are 2-light casements and a 3-light mullioned casement on the first floor, with a wing to the left that has a brick ground floor and a weatherboarded first floor, along with a large brick stack that likely served as a former brewhouse or bakehouse.

Inside, there is a timber-framed partition at the back of the stack with a blocked Tudor-arched doorway, which may have been reset. The room to the left of the passage has well-crafted moulded compartmental ceiling beams and a blocked fireplace. The parlour features chamfered beams with ogee stops, while the former kitchen to the right of the passage has a lateral stack. The staircase has a wide moulded handrail, and the first floor contains timber-framed partitions and planked or two-panelled doors. The roof, dating from the 18th century, shows the level of the original roof against the central stack within the attic.

The house served as an inn until the early 20th century, known as the Beach Arms, named after the Beach family who owned Keevil Manor from the 17th century until the early 20th century.