Beech House

Beech House is a villa built around 1830, constructed of ashlar stone with a hipped slate roof and central stacks. The building has a basement and two storeys, featuring a three-window range and a square plan. It has deep boarded eaves supported by paired brackets. The main facade includes a raised plinth, a decorative band, an eaves band, and angle strips, with plain 12-pane sash windows above. The ground floor has channelled-rusticated detailing, with 12-pane sashes set in recessed segmental-headed panels on either side of a six-panel door topped by an overlight, all framed by a Roman Doric porch with fluted columns. The rear of the house mirrors these details, but a two-storey timber projection obscures the first-floor centre window and is built around the original ashlar porch, which features a panelled lintel and a half-glazed door. There are also two segmental-headed dormers. The west side has a three-window range, mostly consisting of blank panels, while the east side has a single-storey and basement projection with a roof hipped to the east. Beech House was built for T. Bruges (1751-1835) of Seend House, likely as a dower house.