Saint Edith'S House

Saint Edith's House is a small country house built around 1860-1870, constructed from ashlar stone with slate roofs and ashlar stacks. The house is two storeys high with an attic and features a heavily detailed Jacobean style, characterized by shaped gables and large cross windows. The east front has three windows, with the sides advancing and gabled, featuring two-storey canted bays, rusticated quoins, and two-light attic windows.

At the center, there is a pierced parapet with an arched-headed stepped panel, a first-floor window with two arched lights in a rectangular frame, and ground floor double doors flanked by sidelights. Above the doors is a large segmental arched overlight set in a projecting ashlar Jacobean style porch. This porch is elaborately designed with two pairs of Renaissance Doric columns, which are interrupted at mid-length by diamond-faceted blocks. There is a single pilaster response, an entablature with diamond faceting, and a large carved coat-of-arms above, depicting a chevron and three turtles.

The south side features a pierced parapet, two differing gabled dormers, three first-floor cross windows, and a ground floor arcaded and pilastered conservatory with Jacobean details and a pierced parapet, although the glazed roof is missing. The north front has a projecting shaped gable to the right and a ground floor stone canted bay with moulded arched lights on the sides, carved capitals, and a Florentine-traceried center window that has been converted into a door with the center shaft removed.

The rear service wing is now a separate property and is not included in the listing. It is said that the house was built for a member of the Gaby family of Westbrook and Netherstreet, who died before its completion.