Down House

Down House is a detached house dating to the late 17th century, with a rear wing added in the mid 18th century and some alterations made in the late 20th century. The exterior is dressed limestone with a tiled roof, gable end brick stacks and coped verges. The house is arranged in an L-shape. The main block is two storeys high with a three-window front, featuring casement windows. The central entrance has a 6-panel door within a beaded surround, sheltered by a 20th-century wooden hood. Flanking the entrance are 20th-century three-light mullioned casements. The first floor retains three three-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements. The left return has one blocked chamfered window to the attic. The 18th-century rear wing has a two-light casement. At the rear of the main building is a 12-pane sash window and an attached flat-roofed extension and conservatory. The first floor rear has a three-light, two-light, and three-light steel casement. The rear wing to the right features two two-light recessed chamfered mullioned casements, two-light and three-light steel casements, and an original three-light leaded casement to the first floor, with a hipped roof transitioning to a gable end. Inside, the house has a good late 17th-century closed string staircase with turned balusters and a wide moulded handrail, alongside chamfered beams and four and six-panelled doors.